the one problem with college hoops
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:55 pmtough loss, hats off to McCoy again. Dia came to play too which is not something that i thought was likely to happen again this year.
Anyway, i didnt see the game, but the foul calls tell quite a story. I love college hoops, but the game has a problem. The constant jobbings and lopsided whistles for the home team (or alot of home teams) really get ridiculous. Arizona beat a superior UCLA team today. Arizona shot something like 30 free throws to UCLAs 9. C'mon.
SMU gets little to no advantage at home unfortunately. Most of it is we don't have a large or intimidating crowd. Doherty is also not a coach that works the officials or demands calls. The other thing that i have always thought to be a factor is being in Dallas. Its easy for the supervisors of officials to get here to review and evaluate officials in person. I would venture a guess that many a nights there are eyes in stands and at the table that the refs are aware of at Moody which nudges them to bend over backwards to be "impartial".
Anyway, i didnt see the game, but the foul calls tell quite a story. I love college hoops, but the game has a problem. The constant jobbings and lopsided whistles for the home team (or alot of home teams) really get ridiculous. Arizona beat a superior UCLA team today. Arizona shot something like 30 free throws to UCLAs 9. C'mon.
SMU gets little to no advantage at home unfortunately. Most of it is we don't have a large or intimidating crowd. Doherty is also not a coach that works the officials or demands calls. The other thing that i have always thought to be a factor is being in Dallas. Its easy for the supervisors of officials to get here to review and evaluate officials in person. I would venture a guess that many a nights there are eyes in stands and at the table that the refs are aware of at Moody which nudges them to bend over backwards to be "impartial".