Providence getting screwed

[forgetful]

Cooley T'd up for trying to pump up his team during a timeout.

Officiating extremely unbalanced and unfair.

[Nukem2]

Cooley T'd up for trying to pump up his team during a timeout.

Officiating extremely unbalanced and unfair.

Game was already over.

[wadesworld]

Screwed by themselves. A bunch of 1 on 1 chucking. 5-22 for Henton, 4-13 with 6 turnovers for Dunn.

[Litehouse]

Not to mention, playing the lower seeded Dayton in Columbus.

[BM1090]

Refs were one sided, homecourt was a disadvantage, but that's no excuse for playing maybe your worst game of the year on the biggest stage.

[forgetful]

Game was already over.

True, but that call was uncalled for and a horrendously bad call.  That official should be banned from any future tournament games.

[forgetful]

Refs were one sided, homecourt was a disadvantage, but that's no excuse for playing maybe your worst game of the year on the biggest stage.

They have played bad.  Pressing too much.  Panic the entire game.

[PGsHeroes32]

They played awful no doubt.

But that reffing all game was beyond idiotic.

And an 11 seed getting basically 3 home games shows the committee just closes their eyes and picks

[Shark]

Providence finally puts together a great season and they get this disrespect. Playing a lower seeded team in front of thousands of Dayton fans. It's not Dayton's fault. But you'd think the committee would have better judgement.

[#UnleashSean]

Cooley T'd up for trying to pump up his team during a timeout.

Officiating extremely unbalanced and unfair.

Game was way over. lol.

[PGsHeroes32]

Game was way over. lol.

Down 8 with 3:40ish left isn't way over

[#UnleashSean]

Down 8 with 3:40ish left isn't way over

Were you watching that game? crap was long over.

[mattyv1908]

Thought the Eastern Washington - Georgetown game was poorly officiated until I saw this game.  One of the most lopsided officiating games I've seen in a long time.

How does a play-in team get a home game?

[GGGG]

Providence finally puts together a great season and they get this disrespect. Playing a lower seeded team in front of thousands of Dayton fans. It's not Dayton's fault. But you'd think the committee would have better judgement.

It's not in any way "disrespect."  They are a six seed.  It's out of their hands.

[GGGG]

Game was already over.

8 point game with 3:52 to go?  Not over.

[tower912]

This game was partially decided by the committee, partially by the officials, partially by the players.  Cooley's T was consistent with the officiating during the rest of the game.  On the block of the dunk attempt that they keep showing, the Dayton defender's arm is in contact with Dunn's arm from elbow to wrist.   Some of Dayton's steals were similar to what Louisville got away with at the end of the UCI game. 
Officiating doesn't usually dictate outcome, but sometimes it does.   Providence-Dayton was one of those games.

BTW, as long as Archie Miller is coaching Dayton, I would welcome them into the Big East. 

[NYWarrior]

Dayton, the last team in the NCAA tournament, essentially played two home games to kick things off this week.  nice job NCAA!

[Eldon]

Dayton, the last team in the NCAA tournament, essentially played two home games to kick things off this week.  nice job NCAA!

Don't blame them.  That's just the way the dice fell.  Out of their hands.  Crapshoot.

[brewcity77]

It wasn't Dayton's fault, but it was the NCAA's fault. They could have bumped Dayton to UCLA's spot, or at least seed them into anywhere but Columbus in the next game.

[mu_eyeballs]

Watching Providence play last night reminded me of our Michigan State Game 8 or 9 years ago...a team that just could not buy offence.

Total crap that Dayton got such home cooking.

[GGGG]

It wasn't Dayton's fault, but it was the NCAA's fault. They could have bumped Dayton to UCLA's spot, or at least seed them into anywhere but Columbus in the next game.

Eh.  I don't think NCAA needs to worry about the advantage of having a 11 seed playing a 6 seed 70 miles from home.  Really this isn't an issue.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Dayton, the last team in the NCAA tournament, essentially played two home games to kick things off this week.  nice job NCAA!

And a third tomorrow. Just odd...mainly that they were the last one in.  The committee has done a good job overall but they screwed this one up.  No way should UD have been a play in game.

[GGGG]

And a third tomorrow. Just odd...mainly that they were the last one in.  The committee has done a good job overall but they screwed this one up.  No way should UD have been a play in game.

The only issue is that I have no idea what the alternative there is for the committee with regards to the play in game.

Do they have a back up locale lined up just in case Dayton is in the play in game?  How does that work with television, ticket sales, etc.

[PGsHeroes32]

The only issue is that I have no idea what the alternative there is for the committee with regards to the play in game.

Do they have a back up locale lined up just in case Dayton is in the play in game?  How does that work with television, ticket sales, etc.

Well the issue is that dayton shouldn't even have been in the play in game to begin with. Nobody that so. So at the very least even if the committee were the only people on earth who had UCLA higher than dayton...once they saw dayton would be playing in at home they should have made the swap.

And heck they at least could have swapped the play in games. BYU and their stupid rules must play Thursday/Saturday though. So I'd be Dayton vs byu to play X.

Avoids the 2nd and 3rd home games

[brewcity77]

Eh.  I don't think NCAA needs to worry about the advantage of having a 11 seed playing a 6 seed 70 miles from home.  Really this isn't an issue.

So it wouldn't be an advantage if an 11-seed Wisconsin played a 6-seed from across the country at the BC?

There's no reason that has to happen. The 11-seeds play at four different sites. Three of them are not an hour from Dayton. No excuse for this.