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basketballjones
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I thought the call was correct. Fair ran over the defender. Could you say the defensive player closed out on Fair while he was already driving? Maybe, but on their home court, game on the line, when their guy gets to the spot and gets run over, it's hard to say that was a block. I haven't read the whole thread, but I thought Vitale's input was ridiculous once again. Defending Boeheim's reaction on that was incredible. Jay Bilas was the voice of reason, saying Beoheim blew the game for his team was the right way for objective commentators to play it. Time for Vitale to go away. He has no credibility at all.
westchesterjoe
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Loved the Louie quote. Lou is that kind of guy, quick with a great comment and a twinkle in the eye..
As for Home Court Officiating, I think it's a pretty forgone conclusion that fans can have an effect on some of the bang bang calls.. Especially late in close games.. All teams want calls to go there way. The travel call on Greene Saturday wasn't that blatant and could have been let go. I doubt he would have been called for traveling at MSG, IF THE GAME WAS IN OUR VENUE.
Also too, I thought Harrison didn't get a lot of the foul calls he usually does when he goes to the basket. Neither did Jordan.. Both of them were knocked on their asses more than a few times with no call.. Meanwhile, you can't breathe on ARCHIE or he gets the foul call way too many times..
Refs could pretty much call something on virtually every play but, it disrupts the flow of the game..There is still a lot of holding and grabbing jerseys going on and it is let go quite a bit.
Usually, it evens out for both teams. Sometimes not.
westchesterjoe
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Scoonie Penn of Ohio State fouling Erik Barckley on his drive to the basket with a final 4 spot on the line in the last possession. We lost.
I don't see how anyone can complain about the tech. Boeheim ran 40 feet onto the floor into the ref's face. Plus he's a dirtbag. I would have t'd him up no doubt. I thought he was set, personally.
That is the hardest call in sports. That ref has a family and probably kids and grand kids, and he is just trying to earn a living.
That is the hardest call in sports. That ref has a family and probably kids and grand kids, and he is just trying to earn a living.
syracuse barely beat maryland by 2 points....helps our RPI but that's about the only good thing with a syracuse win.....they are really struggling lately.....would be great to see them exit early from the ncaa's.....also, wagner beat fairleigh ridiculous so that also helps our RPI....
Dee, I'm assuming you meant "Duke" and No Carolina. Yes?
So if Syracuse beats Virginia this weekend and wins the ACC regular season later they don’t get a trophy because only Duke and Carolina get trophies?
When Maryland won the ACC regular season title and National Championship in 2002 in didn’t count because only UNC and Duke’s wins get recognized.
Heck Virginia is in first place, they are not UNC or Duke. The standings don’t count?
I don’t know what that means nor do I care.
When Maryland won the ACC regular season title and National Championship in 2002 in didn’t count because only UNC and Duke’s wins get recognized.
Heck Virginia is in first place, they are not UNC or Duke. The standings don’t count?
I don’t know what that means nor do I care.
Guess who just beat cuse at the dome?
GEORGIA TECH!!!
GEORGIA TECH!!!
Start out 25-0 and now have lost 4 of 5. What co fuses me is they've lost to the ACC's worst at home. We can take them next year at the dome, I expect to. They aren't gonna be that good next year. Not really a good recruiting class coming in, and fair will be gone.
I expect them to be bad every year and I'm wrong every year. If they keep Ennis, they'll be legit. Cooney will be back, and they will return Christmas, Coleman, Gbinje...and watch Roberson turn into an NBA talent. It happens every year for Syracuse.
Syracuse had no business being good this year.
Interesting that Syracuse was undefeated when Coleman went down and have now lost four games.
JackofVirginia
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First of all, not having Grant available, plays a major part in their recent losses. Secondly, Ennis has cooled down offensively. Probably the pressure of a long college season is one reason. The teams average points is now in the fifties, not going to do it.
True. I don't watch much Syracuse because I can't stomach it. Coleman's last game was on January 7th. It just seems from the stats that Keita is killing them because he brings no offense is is a foul-machine. They've lost three out of four games by a total of 14 points and they play with no depth whatsoever--even for a Boeheim team. They played 7 guys last night and one was Keita who has 4 fouls, 1 pt, no blocks, assists, steals and just two rebounds in 16 minutes. That is terrible. I wonder if he didn't play against us and they didn't get his 4 pts and 4 boards if things would have been different in our five point game?
We can beat Syracuse now. I'd love to see them in the 2nd round if we can both make it that far!