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Message: [QUOTE="Hoov50, post: 955919, member: 1056"] Some will say this is sour grapes after a questionable call at the end of the SU game, but l seriously think the officiating in the NCAA is awful and has been awful for the past few years! Year after year, game after game, regardless of what teams are involved these officials make terrible calls, ignore obvious fouls, and change the way they are officiating at the end of games. I especially love the times that the ball is obviously out of bounds off of a team, but they give it to that team because "it could have been called a foul." If it's a foul, call it! It makes watching college basketball games unbearable. Next time you watch a game pay attention to three things (that have been "points of emphasis" in past years). 1- defenders grabbing and shoving players who are cutting without the ball 2- players setting moving screens. 3- games being called inconsistently, (ie. a reach being called at half court, when guys are getting tackled under the hoop without a call)... I could list about a hundred other things that refs consistently miss in games, but the fact that these games turn into football games makes it tough to watch. I have decided that until this is addressed in a real way I will only watch SU games and only because it is my alma mater. Let it be known I didn't think the SU-Duke game was poorly officiated, not because it was well officiated, but because the refs sucked equally for both teams. However, I did find it odd that Gbinjie was called for a block against Parker in almost the identical scenario that Fair got called for a charge. Duke probably would have come down and made a basket to win anyway since there was quite a bit of time left. My last thought and proposal is to get rid of officials completely and to let players call their own fouls. Add a 5 second clock for out of bounds plays and ten second clock for getting the ball across half court, which would also lead to better consistency since I doubt these refs are very accurate with their five and ten second counting. [/QUOTE]

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