I wait for the day when these officiating detectives raise as much hell about a non-call in the first minute of the game as they do in the last minute of a game. Because, you know, the points are sort of worth the same throughout the game.

I think saying someone is a perfect fit with West Virginia is probably one of the meanest things I can think of.

And this is exactly why you pick UCLA to win. Like it hasn't been happening all season?

Bob Huggins: Dapper gent.

@Wyshynski: Whatever. Next thing you're gonna say is that baseball games in April mean just as much as games in September. Or Red Sox-Yankees games. We all know that's not true.

Foul or not, it was a pretty stupid shot.

This wasn't as big of deal as the A&M game but here's a picture on the opposite end of the spectrum

That was called a foul...how in the world do you call that at all?

@Wyshynski:

Us hockey fans, of all people, know that refs put the whistle away pretty early in the third period (or in this case, the second half) a close game.

I believe he got fouled! I believe he got fouled I believe he got fouled! I believe he got fouled!

@Wyshynski: But wait, that's almost like how the analysts on Versus defended the NHL on the length of Pronger's suspension (8 games) due to the fact that games at the end of the season mean more than games earlier in the season.

/I got NHL hockey in your college basketball - sorry

Whatever. At least Duke's out. At this point the damn thing could be run by Vince McMahon.

@tater: Actually, the opposite end of the spectrum was a foul called Hansbrough's clean block and Roy Williams completely douchetastic flipout with UNC UP BY FUCKING 30 and under 3 to go.

/insert Whiny Bitch Aggie joke here

@Wyshynski: Be fair - it's a lot easier to point to a bad call as being decisive when it happens in the final ten seconds and not the first ten seconds.

This is where trying to out-muscle the other guy is counter-productive - Aggie shoulda layed out on his back to the floor after this contact, and dared the "let 'em play" officials to look the other way.

Does anyone who watches sports really expect officiating to be good these days? it's a fucking epidemic.

I DEMAND MORE ROBOT REFS! Hochuli isn't enough.

@Windier E. Megatons: Re: OSU haters from the '03 Fiesta Bowl. Everyone forgets the game wouldn't have gone to OT at all had the officials correctly called Gamble inbounds on a catch that would have let OSU run out the clock.
Everyone only remembers the late flag in OT.

/stirs pot

Huggins looked like he'd gone to the Steve Lavin school of hair gel on Saturday. Seeing him wearing a turtleneck with his gut hanging out while Coach K wore that fancy suit gave me yet another reason to root for the Mounatineers in that game.

It's only a matter of time before fans bring a lawsuit for bad refereeing.

Wait...what?
[www.4lawschool.com]

@Afino: @Weed Against Speed: I'm sorry, but I'm unfamiliar with this hoc-key of which you speak. Is it some sort of parlor game?

Oh, and thank the gods that refs put the whistle away at about the 6 minute mark in the third of any Cup playoff game, or else we'd never get those glorious overtimes that threaten to prempt "Good Morning, Buck Huntin' America" on Versus.

the fuck's a websider?

Huggy Bear is a straight up P-I-M-P in his turtleneck.

@The Gizmo from Pismo: Or like when Penn State fans kvetch about Lloyd Carr getting two seconds added back to the game clock late in the 4th quarter in the 2005 game, allowing Henne to find Manningham with one second left, forgetting that JoePa had also had two seconds added back earlier in the fourth.

@Wyshynski: Unless you get the strange combination of an overtime MUST BE CALLED penalty, which if the power play is unsuccessful, is immediately followed by the specious Revlon make-up call of the game.

@Jews For Purple Jesus: It was a terrible call so Roy complained, as he should have regardless of the score. I imagine most coaches in his position would have done the same.

@tater: He's clearly grazing his non-shooting hand with the loose roll of fabric on his jersey. A foul if there ever was one.

You mean officiating sucks in basketball? Next thing you'll tell me that 80% of these kids will never graduate.

@DennyCrane: With those slippery-assed decals all over the floor, the thing looks like it's being run by plaintiff's attorneys.

I still wouldn't trust Chuggins with the team bus.

It's not like they grabbed his arm or anything... oh

@Schluby:
I can't argue with that...sometimes I can't see those things with my obvious KU bias.

@Al Czerviks Ride: It's only a matter of time before fans bring a lawsuit for bad refereeing.

Wait...what?
[www.4lawschool.com]

Sign #562 that the United States is in deep shit: we're text messaging court documents.

I was rooting for the Aggies as much as someone who went to a Texas Tech can, but oh come on now, he was completely out of control and that was a terrible shot.

He dribbled the ball off his knee and lunged forward into 3 people all while making Teen Wolf look like less of a ballhog. No ref for any team would have ever called that mess of a play a foul on the defense.

@Al Czerviks Ride: That's not really a fan lawsuit for bad officiating. It's... well, it's something equally strange, I'll give you that...

Yeah that was a foul, but it was pretty stupid to drive to the basket like that on the final posession. Hell, you're going to get shit in a pick up game if you call a foul in that situation... well, maybe if only one person hit your arm.

@suntastic: Riiight, because you wouldn't be doing the same thing if that was your team....

/suntastic hypocrite

In a way, West Virginia and Huggins have always been a perfect fit, and not just because he went to school there.

But also because he has the haircut of a man who can afford to pay $100 for a haircut but can't quite let go of either the mullet of his youth or the duck's ass of his father's.

@RagingRomones: Ta da! Right on cue!