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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 18, 2010 3:44pm
Anyone watch the Nova/ Bobby Mo game at the end? 4 of the worst calls ever made in consecutive possessions. All against Robert Morris...1 on offense (no call on a blatant hold) and 3 phantom whistles on defense. If I were the coach, I'd be ripping the officials for stealing their team's most memorable win ever.
As a sidebar...the BiG East has been downright awful in the NIT and NCAA so far.
As a sidebar...the BiG East has been downright awful in the NIT and NCAA so far.
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cbus4life
Posts: 2,849
Mar 18, 2010 3:46pm
Agreed.
Felt so bad for the RM players and coaches.
Terrible way to go down, those calls should have been made and needed to made.
Felt so bad for the RM players and coaches.
Terrible way to go down, those calls should have been made and needed to made.
Non
Posts: 9,517
Mar 18, 2010 3:47pm
NCAA loves Villanova and Jay Wright
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cbus4life
Posts: 2,849
Mar 18, 2010 3:48pm
Fair enough. My fiancee would dump me in a second for Jay Wright...as she just told me. 
ytownfootball
Posts: 6,978
Mar 18, 2010 3:56pm
The more flamboyantly RM's coach complained, the worse the calls got. They got jobbed but I think RM needed to be a little more calm.
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Mar 18, 2010 4:02pm
I was actually surprised they didn't give the players or coach a technical. Definitely looked like the refs wanted one team to win over another.
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Mar 18, 2010 4:13pm
Found a Box Score finally that listed the refs so I could go see what conference they usually work...
Refs were:
Gary Maxwell (Most common conferences worked: SoCon and ACC - Worked ACC Tourney)
Bruce Bell (Most common conferences: SWAC and Summit - Worked SWAC Tourney)
Rick Crawford (Most common conferences: SEC and CUSA - Worked SEC Tourney)
They sure weren't biased by their usual work locations, and they aren't inexperienced seeing 2 got good conference tourneys to work. They just suck.
http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/gary-maxwell
http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/bruce-bell
http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/rick-crawford
Refs were:
Gary Maxwell (Most common conferences worked: SoCon and ACC - Worked ACC Tourney)
Bruce Bell (Most common conferences: SWAC and Summit - Worked SWAC Tourney)
Rick Crawford (Most common conferences: SEC and CUSA - Worked SEC Tourney)
They sure weren't biased by their usual work locations, and they aren't inexperienced seeing 2 got good conference tourneys to work. They just suck.
http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/gary-maxwell
http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/bruce-bell
http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/rick-crawford
GoPens
Posts: 2,339
Mar 18, 2010 4:17pm
Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.
gibby08
Posts: 1,581
Mar 18, 2010 4:32pm
IMO,the game was fixed for Villanova to win
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yobro08
Posts: 237
Mar 18, 2010 5:14pm
awfully officiated game but hey it saved my final four hopes
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september63
Posts: 5,789
Mar 18, 2010 6:24pm
The officiating was suspect, at best. However, you always see in the NCAA Tourney if calls seem to be going against a team. It seems that the mid major's get screwed against BCS schools about all the time.
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lhs2ndbase
Posts: 112
Mar 18, 2010 6:34pm
Its all about the big six baby.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Mar 18, 2010 6:54pm
you guys didn't already know the tourney was fixed?
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georgemc80
Posts: 983
Mar 18, 2010 6:56pm
FWIW...the president's bracket would have been screwed if this happened.....not accusing...just saying....lol
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Mar 18, 2010 7:01pm
The president is screwed regardless. His ass is out in '12, then we can have Palin brackets.
(Kidding. But not about "Bama").
(Kidding. But not about "Bama").
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 18, 2010 7:06pm
Good luck with your bracket. My take is that St Mary's will blow out Nova...unless of course the refs have Nova on the money line again.GoPens wrote: Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.
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ironman02
Posts: 4,989
Mar 18, 2010 7:32pm
I'd be willing to bet that Nova plays much better against St. Mary's. They haven't played well down the stretch, but nearly losing to a 15 seed can do wonders to a team's intensity/focus. I have Nova going to the FF, and while today's performance wasn't very encouraging, I think they'll be much better on Saturday. There's always the chance, though, that SMC bounces them and opens the bracket up for Duke even more.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 18, 2010 8:26pm
^^St Mary's has the better team. Nova and their conference is obviously wayyy overrated.
I hate it when the refs make 4 incorrect calls inside of 3 minutes and ruin it for Cinderella.
I hate it when the refs make 4 incorrect calls inside of 3 minutes and ruin it for Cinderella.
bases_loaded
Posts: 6,912
Mar 18, 2010 9:47pm
Nova was -7000 on the moneyline thats alot of jack to win a fractionFootwedge wrote:Good luck with your bracket. My take is that St Mary's will blow out Nova...unless of course the refs have Nova on the money line again.GoPens wrote: Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.
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Prescott
Posts: 2,569
Mar 18, 2010 9:49pm
What are basing this on? I have watched St.Mary's 4 times this year and today they played their best game. Samhan had no resistance today. He will have resistance on Saturday.St Mary's has the better team.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 18, 2010 10:24pm
No. Saint Mary's played a lot better in their conference title game....when they blasted Gonzaga by 30 points.Prescott wrote:What are basing this on? I have watched St.Mary's 4 times this year and today they played their best game. Samhan had no resistance today. He will have resistance on Saturday.St Mary's has the better team.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Mar 18, 2010 10:26pm
Very true...that's what I'm sayin...the refs got a call at halftime....Nova "had to" win...if you know what I'm sayin.bases_loaded wrote:Nova was -7000 on the moneyline thats alot of jack to win a fractionFootwedge wrote:Good luck with your bracket. My take is that St Mary's will blow out Nova...unless of course the refs have Nova on the money line again.GoPens wrote: Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.
me_myself_i
Posts: 108
Mar 18, 2010 11:32pm
Agreed on the Jay Wright statement!!cbus4life wrote: Fair enough. My fiancee would dump me in a second for Jay Wright...as she just told me.
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dat dude
Posts: 1,564
Mar 19, 2010 9:05am
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not but you would have to be an idiot to think that someone would have put a lot of money on 'Nova for a straight up win. 700k gets you 10k. Nobody bets that, c'mon.Footwedge wrote:Very true...that's what I'm sayin...the refs got a call at halftime....Nova "had to" win...if you know what I'm sayin.bases_loaded wrote:Nova was -7000 on the moneyline thats alot of jack to win a fractionFootwedge wrote:Good luck with your bracket. My take is that St Mary's will blow out Nova...unless of course the refs have Nova on the money line again.GoPens wrote: Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.
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Prescott
Posts: 2,569
Mar 19, 2010 9:31am
No. Saint Mary's played a lot better in their conference title game....when they blasted Gonzaga by 30 points.
That is a matter of opinion. We will see how St. Mary's does in round 2 against Nova.
Although I like Nova, I will be rooting against them versus the Gaels, since the refs handed them a game they should have lost.