Not one of these UK/Wisc. refs should be allowed back

[suttree]

That non-call on the Lyles slap to the face is outrageous. There's been some other dicey stuff, but on the slap, they had the benefit of repeated replay. Awful.

 

[skurey]

Yeah it's ridiculously rigged against Kentucky. Lol at the clowns posting all season about refs protecting Kentucky.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Worst officiated 5 minutes I've ever seen minus Villanova/SU

BOTH WAYS.

So bad. I obviously wanted Wisconsin, but come on. Embarassing.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I've been watching the Jazz and Suns in a meaningless NBA game, and because I can't stomach watching Bo Ryan and Calipari together. What have I missed?

 

[NineOneSeven]

Yeah it's ridiculously rigged against Kentucky. Lol at the clowns posting all season about refs protecting Kentucky.

The game is not rigged. Hate people who say that.

The officiating is just awful.

Both ways tonight. Shame.

 

[suttree]

Agreed that there were bad calls down the stretch going both ways. But only one call left the refs with a chance to review the replay. And they still got that egregiously wrong after watcing it several times. It was a vintage Lee Van Cleef move.

Sweet justice prevailed in the end. I'll be rooting for the Badgers Monday night.

 

[clayman32]

Unreal how bad they were down the stretch. But how does the backboard not light up when the shot clock goes off?

 

[MikeSU02]

Not unusual for college ball. Just on a bigger stage.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Can't review the shot clock in the final four because it's outside of two minutes and we want to speed up the game...while having 1 thousand commercials

 

[pearl31]

Can't review the shot clock in the final four because it's outside of two minutes and we want to speed up the game...while having 1 thousand commercials

nice

 

[Alsacs]

I just got paid on my +200 ML bet on Wisconsin so I didn't mind that horrible shot clock non-call.

 

[Bayside44]

I get bad calls when teams play like Pitt and vintage Butler clutch and grab.

Not when it's played so clean like this game, UK - ND, etc...

 

[Jasoncuse]

Loved the non-shot clock violation on Hayes. So blatant, but glad it worked out.


I don't understand how they can't call that Lyles slap a flagrant. "Incidental contact"...so what. All the elbows I saw called flagrants this year were a lot less flagrant and more incidental than that garbage.

 

[Cowtown]

No worries, all nine Final Four refs are all chosen for each game before the round of four begins.

 

[Cusefan95]

No worries, all nine Final Four refs are all chosen for each game before the round of four begins.

Do they randomly select people from the crowd for the job, like winners of a cheesy contest or something? After what I saw tonight, it might be an improvement if that's not the existing selection method

 

[Cowtown]

Do they randomly select people from the crowd for the job, like winners of a cheesy contest or something? After what I saw tonight, it might be an improvement if that's not the existing selection method

Yeah, that's exactly what they do. How did they miss you?

 

[Cusefan95]

Yeah, that's exactly what they do. How did they miss you?

Wasn't at the stadium, so it'd be hard to get picked out of the crowd from my couch.

 

[AZOrange]

It was incredibly bad. Both ways. The flagrant, the kaminsky charge, the Nigel tip...

 

[Cowtown]

Wasn't at the stadium, so it'd be hard to get picked out of the crowd from my couch.

Exactly. Get off your couch, join your local association, write your exam and get into it. You'll probably enjoy doing it.

 

[Cowtown]

It was incredibly bad. Both ways. The flagrant, the kaminsky charge, the Nigel tip...

I don't disagree. There's a good chance those guys had never worked together before, and as I mentioned before, lots of time refs feel the pressure , too. Some handle it well, others don't. At the end of it all, the team that played better still won the game. So, what the heck. I mean, yes we want them to be perfect even though we know they can't be, but at the end of it all, the right team won. I think we gotta live with that. :noidea:

 

[NYCSUGrad]

I don't disagree. There's a good chance those guys had never worked together before, and as I mentioned before, lots of time refs feel the pressure , too. Some handle it well, others don't. At the end of it all, the team that played better still won the game. So, what the heck. I mean, yes we want them to be perfect even though we know they can't be, but at the end of it all, the right team won. I think we gotta live with that. :noidea:

Except the refs have been awful in so many games this year. The NCAA needs to overhaul the system and demand retraining. I'm not holding my breath though.

 

[CusefanATL]

Yeah it's ridiculously rigged against Kentucky. Lol at the clowns posting all season about refs protecting Kentucky.

you must not have read Sutree's post...

 

[CuseFaninVT]

How come no one is talking about the missed flagrant in the first half? Towns (I think) hit Kaminski right in the jaw with an elbow that was harder than that slap.

 

[Full_Rebar]

We could spend all day talking bad calls. The charge on Gasser after he passed the ball, Harrison getting called on Dekker's drive late, Towns getting a charge call while moving. Brutal all around.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Loved the non-shot clock violation on Hayes. So blatant, but glad it worked out.


I don't understand how they can't call that Lyles slap a flagrant. "Incidental contact"...so what. All the elbows I saw called flagrants this year were a lot less flagrant and more incidental than that garbage.

The non-violation on the shot clock was karma for the non-call on the flagrant. Wisconsin got the two points back they deserved earlier.

You just know that the reason they didn't call the flagrant was because they didn't want to make such a controversial call in a game of that magnitude. Yet! Their inability to officiate consistently marred that game more than that one (correct) call would have.