ESPN gameday blaming refs for TN win

#53
#53
We were #1 defensive team for most of the year for a reason. We have played this defense all year. We switch everything, use our feet and use our bodies well. When we do it without reaching and get cheap fouls it is a beautiful thing. We challenged everything and turned Duke into a passive, jump shooting team. The foul that was missed badly was the 5th on Roach that the officials for some reason changed when he clearly fouled. Another time Flip jumped sideways into a defender out of control and got a call. Vescovi gets held incessantly and nothing is called.

They can bellyache all they want. Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, etc…have historically benefited from officiating forever. If Duke played that type of defense they would be all over them kissing their butt about how great they are and everyone knows it. The bias reveals itself every year. Bunch of losers. Jay Wright on the other hand, who is a hall of fame coach was extremely complementary.
 
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Calipari already complaining about the officiating in Ks St game.
 
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Namorto1 said:
We were #1 defensive team for most of the year for a reason. We have played this defense all year. We switch everything, use our feet and use our bodies well. When we do it without reaching and get cheap fouls it is a beautiful thing. We challenged everything and turned Duke into a passive, jump shooting team. The foul that was missed badly was the 5th on Roach that the officials for some reason changed when he clearly fouled. Another time Flip jumped sideways into a defender out of control and got a call. Vescovi gets held incessantly and nothing is called.

They can bellyache all they want. Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, etc…have historically benefited from officiating forever. If Duke played that type of defense they would be all over them kissing their butt about how great they are and everyone knows it. The bias reveals itself every year. Bunch of losers. Jay Wright on the other hand, who is a hall of fame coach was extremely complementary.
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Honestly the call reversal on the roach foul should be looked at by ncaa officials ( now that emmert is not on the bama payroll). That was absolute cheating by the ref.
 
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Further the reality is the ACC and Duke along with it will continue to gradually become less relevant each year in basketball. It is going to be a beautiful thing to watch. Coach K was a great coach who didn’t need help with the amount of talent he accumulated over the years, but he routinely got it from the refs.
 
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Well, the fact is, if the zebras call it loosely it favors us, but if they call it tightly it favors the opponent. Witness the Kentucky loss. We could easily lose any game called tightly.
 
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papatomany said:
Well, the fact is, if the zebras call it loosely it favors us, but if they call it tightly it favors the opponent. Witness the Kentucky loss. We could easily lose any game called tightly.
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Calling it tight in the paint and loose on the perimeter kills TN’s chances.
 
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willinhf said:
So just be ready…refs will call our Sweet 16 game with ESPN goggles on. We will get called for looking at the other team too hard.

I fully expect a pendulum swing next game.

Not saying it is right, just saying our next game will be loaded on touch fouls.
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I said the same thing this morning...They will start calling fouls on us in pregame. You can bet your azz we won't see that same crew again.
 
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Col_Cathcart said:
I think it’s the other way around. Touch fouls on the perimeter tend to kill us. We’ve got more depth and more variety inside.
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Tight on the perimeter is off setting. It gives Vescovi more freedom of movement but also puts him at risk of picking up cheap fouls.

Playing it tight in the paint then Aidoo and Olivier will have an advantage. Let anything go in the paint then Uros and Awaka get to shove opponents around.
 
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The refs did suck. They totally made bad calls and then made worse makeup calls. Made me think the SEC refs are pretty much the status quo. But guess what? We won.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Tight on the perimeter is off setting. It gives Vescovi more freedom of movement but also puts him at risk of picking up cheap fouls.

Playing it tight in the paint then Aidoo and Olivier will have an advantage. Let anything go in the paint then Uros and Awaka get to shove opponents around.
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I think we lose on balance if they call it tight outside. Unless Vescovi is absolutely on fire, I think physical play out there usually causes more problems for our opponents than it does for us.

I think it’s more of a mixed bag inside for the reasons you mentioned.
 
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They can whine about the style of play all they want. We lost to Michigan last year because we didn’t have that game in our repertoire and now we do. We’re a more complete team than we were a year ago, offense notwithstanding. To be honest age probably was a factor too; it’s a tall ask for a bunch of 18 year old Dookies to play a Big 10 game when we’re 4+ deep in the post and can beat on you.
 
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It goes against the narrative that Duke was on a roll and a final four team. The reverse of the Roach foul really showed bias by the refs in favor of Duke. Each Plavik could was reviewed in detail….each one. We just beat them down and ESPN’s Duke grads don’t like seeing their team get beat up like that.
 
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VolFanNC09 said:
It goes against the narrative that Duke was on a roll and a final four team. The reverse of the Roach foul really showed bias by the refs in favor of Duke. Each Plavik could was reviewed in detail….each one. We just beat them down and ESPN’s Duke grads don’t like seeing their team get beat up like that.
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After all the years of getting favorable treatment under K, it really is bothering them that they didn’t get the whistles they got accustomed to. Life’s hard Jay, get a helmet.
 
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Bottom line none of these losers at ESPN would ever say that to Coach Barnes in an interview. I think he could go on a 30 minute diatribe about how defend with anecdotal stories of how similar teams have played in the past.
 
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