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[QUOTE="Flacusian, post: 1264637, member: 264"]
Trevor is as Orange as Orange can get and it's unbelievable that he gets dismissive flak from our own fanbase. Look, he has been nothing short of sensational as of late and in case those who are critical of him didn't notice... there were a few other guys who weren't exactly having their best games either. If some of his teammates were contributing a bit more the target on his back wouldn't be as immense and he might get an open look or two without having to run the foul filled gauntlet where nary a whistle is heard.

Give Hall some credit. He was so tight up on Cooney it resembled an assault. Rak was up against the same crap down low. Nobody can tell me that what I was watching with respect to the contact that was going on did not constitute fouls. Inexplicably... there were likely 40 fouls which were commited on Rak alone down low of which only 8 or 9 were called. I in no way am blaming todays outcome on the officiating, but I will say that if contact like we saw today is commonly allowed it detracts from the game of college basketball.  If the hyper aggressive pushing and shoving isn't called early on in the game it sets the precedent for it to continue throughout the entire game. If it isn't legal... IT SHOULD BE CALLED.

We lost the game in the 1st half and there are plenty of reasons why we lost. Another thing which hasn't been mentioned is the possibility that the team is aware of what has been discussed ad nauseum here on the board over the past 36 hours. It's not outside the realm of possibility that something like that could affect the manner in which they came out to play today.
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