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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1020902, member: 40"] I agree with this. I've been complaining about the declining quality of officiating in college basketball for several years. It has gotten steadily worse over the past decade, enabling [amongst other reasons] college basketball to turn into a sloppy scrum that deemphasizes the skill involved in the game. There have been lots of posters who rejected that perspective--but I do think that last year's off-season changes are an acknowledgement that the quality of officiating was a problem that needed to be addressed. That the points of emphasis weren't consistently enforced this year isn't a sign that things won't change, but rather that more fine tuning is needed to yield the desired result. I'm not criticizing refs themselves. They have a tough job, officiating a fast-paced game. But other professions are held accountable to quality standards, and I think NCAA officials should be, too. [/QUOTE]