Worst officiated game in Tenn history

[EtowahVol]

Why even play. what a joke. Vesty get trucked going in to the basket and no call.

 

[VolArmy74]

It was bad, looked like most games in Rupp between the late 60s and late 90s.

 

[Vols till I fall]

That official crew should be investigated, that was the most lob sided called game I have ever seen in any sport in my whole life. No wonder Arizona has won 25 straight home games, they got that home cooking. If this is a netruel site game, TN wins big

We will see those frauds in March

 

[jaybird_1981]

Higgins sucks and always has.

 

[VeeOhElEsYes]

That really was unbelievable. I usually don't blame refs, but that was bad.

 

[Vols till I fall]

This only makes us stronger

 

[lostsheep]

How Barnes watched that and didn’t get thrown out of the gym is beyond me.

 

[The Tall Gguy]

Garbage. Just goes to show how meaningless college sports individual games are

 

[Shaun1985]

That was ugly. Blaming refs looks so tacky and predictable but that was really bad. Tennessee was 10-15 pts better tonight.

 

[EtowahVol]

Can someone post the number of fouls called for the game difference please.

 

[LandonVFL]

AZ was essentially allowed to play under a different set of rules all night. Home cooking is one thing, but that was several levels beyond that lol

 

[Izzy]

Shameful!! I can honestly put up with a lot, but this was really disgusting. A evil display of partiality.

 

[allvol123]

Why even play. what a joke. Vesty get trucked going in to the basket and no call.

A few minutes before that when the game got tight they called a ticky tack foul on the perimeter on Vescovi playing D. The fix was in.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Can someone post the number of fouls called for the game difference please.

I believe the number of free throws was 27-10 in favor of Arizona.

 

[nalliszing]

Very frustrating that Two fouls that were not called on Arizona when we got back within 4 and were driving to the basket and on the subsequent rebound. Refs swallowed their whistles and let them foul us without repercussions.
Not to mention the numerous “charging” calls on us when the AZ players never had their feet set!

 

[The Tall Gguy]

Thank you! Truth.

 

[Vol49er]

Tennessee vs Arizona. Game time- 10:30. Anyone watching?
Even Kentucky fans know we got hosed. I mean come on

 

[CBR07]

UROS ticked the refs off from the start. It was over after that.

 

[dsvol]

Fouls:
Tennessee 24
Arizona 15

The issue I notice is the inconsistencies between calling touch fouls on Tennessee and allowing Arizona to hand check. I understand giving the home team the benefit, but the refs made it a point to allow Arizona to do what they wanted. I still love our teams toughness.

 

[EtowahVol]

This may be the toughest defensive team Tenn has put on the floor. Any team that plays them will dread it.

 

[Putbacks]

At half time I thought: Surely the officials will review the foul count and one-sidedness of the first half and even it up 2nd half.

Instead, it got worse.

 

[feathersax]

Well, I watched early on, but zoned out. Guess I missed getting angry. Sounds like Vols got screwed by zebras. Should I watch replay?

 

[Volfan574]

Can Barnes get this game looked at by NCAA and have it ruled as a No Contest since the refs were obviously showing favoritism? Keep our record at 1 loss. Arizona was allowed to play prison rules in this game while we weren’t. This was the worst officiated game I’ve seen us in this season. We deserve the L against Colorado, refs gave us this L against Arizona.

 

[WhiteMike81]

I’m not one for blaming officiating, but that was a mess. The numbers don’t lie, as mentioned above. 24 to 15 in fouls called and a discrepancy of 17 free throws!?! There would be sequences where we drove to the cup and got absolutely hammered at the rim, no call, and then they would recover the ball and get a call on a far less egregious offense. I took note of this a few times.

If you go back to about the 8 min mark, the color guys start talking about us “getting dominated” in free throw attempts and points off FT as if it’s something we did, and that’s before some of the worst calls.

 

[Volinnooga]

This is a first ever topic of discussion on VN after a loss. In any sport.