Official Poor Officiating Thread

[marquetteff03]

The issue is not how bad they called it, the issue is they called it tighter than we were able to overcome. Once Fulce and Lazar had 3 fouls we were strapped which led to tenative defense. A team that goes 6-7 deep has NO MARGIN FOR ERROR, we cannot miss a rebound, we cannot get into any foul trouble. We were in foul trouble and at half time were on the verge of fouling ourselves right out of the game.

And for the record I feel we were totally jobbed by the refs because it was ticky tac Mid Major refing. totaly crap

Now if you want to complain about the refs, complain about the inconsistency from game to game. Big East refs to these refs. There needs to be something done, not sure what, but to ensure more consistency across NCAA. This game wasn't even consistent from the first half to the second.

[MerrittsMustache]

I think you are right on both counts....  Closely called.  Consistently called.

Closely called? Occasionally. Consistently called? No!

I'm definitely not saying that the refs cost MU the game or that MU didn't get any calls, but no one in their right mind who watched that game would say that the officials were consistent. That has always been, and always will be, my biggest beef with officiating. If you're going to call it tight, call it tight. If you're going to let them play, let them play. That allows teams to adjust accordingly. It's unfair to both teams when you let checking and hacking go, but then call ticky-tack fouls. That's basically what this crew did tonight for both sides. A poorly officiated game does not necessarily mean that the refs favored one team. It often means nothing more than inconsistent calls. That hurts both teams.

Again, I am in no way saying that the officials favored UW or cost MU the game. I'm simply pointing out that it was a very inconsistent and poorly officiated game all around.

[marquetteff03]

Exactly and then few BS ticky tac calls took our 6'5" center/alleverything/onlything right out of the game.

[TallTitan34]

I thought there were a few bad calls but nothing more than usual.

I do think Maurice may be having Isaiah Thomas' baby as he was riding him all night.

[Harryhsky]

Excuse me, but our PG who was riding Acker is Venoy Overton and he was on the bench w/ 2:00 left in the first half with 3 fouls...never called??? hardly.  It was a good game.

The aggressors get the calls. Games are called that way from middle school through the pros. UW bumps and hacks and scratches and shoves and they get away with it because that's the way the play every possession. The PG rode Acker the whole game and didn't get called for a foul for it once. MU got passive when the calls started going against them and passiveness leads to fouls. End of story.

[MerrittsMustache]

Excuse me, but our PG who was riding Acker is Venoy Overton and he was on the bench w/ 2:00 left in the first half with 3 fouls...never called??? hardly.  It was a good game.

My apologies. I should have said that he wasn't called for riding Acker the final 12-13 minutes. Either way, it proves my point about the inconsistency of the officiating.