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[QUOTE="Ward, post: 1727991, member: 1958"]
Officials got bailed out by it ending the way it did because now that's the big lead in when talking about the game instead of the awful officiating.

I've said for a couple years now that Nova quietly gets a beneficial whistle most games more than all but a few schools in the country. They're undersized and play a real physical aggressive style. On defense they'll grab and reach and body guys but because they're smaller it typically isn't called or it's looked at as "scrappy". Then on the other end when their opponents match their physicality Nova is smaller and has guys flopping around or getting bailed out because a bigger guy is being physical so it's more noticeable.

Officiating last night was pretty bad. The last foul on Hicks when Booth got stuck was deplorable, Meeks diving for a loose ball and getting called for a foul (same as the Kansas one that changed that game for Nova),  the inconsistency in what was whistled when Nova drove and UNC drove to the basket, many more examples. I didn't care who won because I'm not a fan of either school at all but if I'm UNC that one wouldn't sit well with me at all.
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