These officials

[nomar]

This may be literally the worst officiated game I've ever seen.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Ruined the game by putting both teams in the bonus with 9 minutes to go

 

[uconngb]

This may be literally the worst officiated game I've ever seen.

I actually don't think it's in doubt

 

[gtcam]

This may be literally the worst officiated game I've ever seen.

Only one worse I remember was UConn BC at MSG a few years back in the Wounded Warrior Classic

 

[nomar]

A foul on that???????????

 

[Rocktheworld]

Wow Doris singling dude out after that Vance "foul"

 

[TheChamps990411]

Only took them 4 minutes to lose control of this one.

Impressive, even for a crew that includes Hess.

Not sure why all the complaining. These refs have been outstanding today. Nothing to see here.

 

[gtcam]

Clark travels almost everytime he has the ball and tries to get to the hoop - hasn't been called yet
sitting here with a HS ref who is in disbelief

 

[nomar]

I hope this game is reviewed by whoever's in charge of officiating.

 

[Mots010]

22 fouls on cincy and copain has 1.

 

[UCfor3]

This is complete folly at this point.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

I hope this game is reviewed by whoever's in charge of officiating.

This is AAC officiating. It's really nothing new.

 

[Excalibur]

I hope this game is reviewed by whoever's in charge of officiating.

Ollie needs to be merciless in his post gene presser.

 

[nomar]

This is AAC officiating. It's really nothing new.

This is something new. FIFTY foul calls.

 

[Excalibur]

I wouldn't condone it, but a rain of full water bottles on these guys as they leave wouldn't upset me either.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

This is something new. FIFTY foul calls.

It's the product of years of sh1tty officiating. Their finest work yet.

 

[UConn990411]

That game took over 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete. Let that sink in.

 

[Travelman6]

Does the AAC have a twitter account? I don't use twitter but I am thinking of signing up to give them a piece of my mind.

 

[AACREIGNS]

Does the AAC have a twitter account? I don't use twitter but I am thinking of signing up to give them a piece of my mind.

Good idea because the people that run the AAC also run that Twitter account for sure.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Without looking at stats I think Cincy hit like 5 real shots in the second half.

 

[spudzj6]

Record for college: 84 fouls, 130 FT in 1953. Second place: game with Sterling Gibbs on Seton Hall in 2013: 73 fouls, 102 FT....(no not the same refs thankfully)

So in hindsight, it could have been worse?

Who am I kidding. This was the definition of officials having an effect on the game. Phantom "anticipation" calls, running across the court to an already disapated situation and calling T's. I mean when a team scores 40 of their 80 at the line, there's an issue.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Cincy made more than twice as many free throws (38) as they did field goals (18).

In the second half, they made 28 free throws vs. 5 field goals. 70% of their second half points came from the foul line.

 

[Hankster]

Normally I don't complain about officials. Maybe a call or two which may be debatable. After watching this game,I swear there had to be a meeting prior to the game with officials and AAC bigwigs making sure our boys were not going to win this one. Every comeback was halted by the Zebras.I have never seen a game like this my whole life. High School, College,Pros, never.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I've never seen so off the ball fouls on guys setting screens and guys fighting through screens. Loose balls. rebounds. Jogging up court. Everything's a foul!

 

[gtcam]

Does the AAC have a twitter account? I don't use twitter but I am thinking of signing up to give them a piece of my mind.

I sent an email to the commissioner
commissioner@theamerican.org

 

[SwingDog]

Horrible officiating. They decided before the game they were going to call it tight but went way overboard. 46 free throws for the Bearcats and 25 for the Huskies?? There were a slew of really hideous calls including a crucial one toward the end (can't remember the players) where a UConn players was called for a charge driving to the basket went it was abundantly clear (expect to the refs, apparently) the Cincinnati player flopped. The referees pretty much dictated the tempo of this game and I would have felt the exact same way had the Huskies come away with the victory.

 

[mauconnfan]

Officials blew but they blew both ways. I mean the calls were all over the place wouldn't even know where to begin. I mean that jerk off who walked in calling a tee when Rodney and Brooks were jawing, rather than just say "Hey guys nothing more from either of you", instead he makes it even worst out there with that call. A pitiful decision by what turned out to be the worst of the 3 disgraceful stripes. His charge call on Vital at the end was the culmination of an embarrassing evening for those guys. I mean there wasn't enough contact and if there was enough for his stupid a** then he missed the blocking call.

I mean I am still in awe of how bad they were, laughable.

 

[jibsey]

Having Jalen play in the first half might have helped.

 

[Mr. French]

That was a major issue amongst 50,000 of them with the refs: 90% of the fouls weren't even shooting, like Cincy didn't even run their offense well, they just got to the line the entire half.

Getting a rebound would help, but I can't totally fault players who get called for fouls that way, how can you blame kids for not being physical enough to board in these insane game conditions? What are the refs proving to the world?

 

[ConnZag3]

This is what happens when you're subjected to the 86th best officiating crew in the country because there's 50 other conference tournament games going on on the same day and you play in a Mickey Mouse conference like the AAC. Watching Ted Valentine on this ACC final makes me long for the days of Jim Burr and John Cahill in the Big East. They weren't always great either, but at least they were consistent and respected...