Ed Hightower strikes again

Syracuse lost this game because of Hightower, plain and simple. The Orange were down by 3 with 28 seconds left, had the ball with a driving layup and was fouled. What would you call it when an Orange player clearly establishes his position in the paint, was trying to make the shot and a Cardinal player flies across the lane and nearly tackles him?

Ref Ed called it a jump ball with possession going to Louisville.

And then you get Louisville 73 - Syracuse 69. Nice.

Hindsight is 20/20

John Adams, head of NCAA Officiating and Coordination has recommended to the Basketball Rules Committee that they should begin using monitors to review close out of bounds calls.

Too little too late for Penn State, don't you think?



I'm sure Mr. Adams would say lo siento.

Tighter than an 18 year old virgin

(A) Notre Dame 73 - Connecticut 70
(B) Pittsburgh 83 - Providence 79

These were two very close very exciting games. Not bad for a Tuesday.

Game A - What will forever mark this game was UConn guard Shabazz Napier's time out call with 3.8 seconds left. The refs seemed to ignore his cries so he had to make an off balanced 3 point shot. Napier was seen begging with the refs even after the game was over. The Huskies could not catch up with the Irish even with Kemba Walker's 19 points. The wheels have not fallen off the UConn wagon yet, but some of the shine has faded.

Game B - Note to Pitt coach Jamie Dixon: Only use center Gary McGhee in the second half of games. Through a series of blunders and fouls the Panthers let Providence back into this game with 1 minute left. Why? For the drama! Friars fans were thinking back to 2009 but the McGhee/Woodall combo quickly snapped Providence back to reality.

A middle finger to Pitino

Seton Hall kinda upsets Louisville 80 to 77. And once again we have a fine piece of officiating work from a Big East crew...



Doris "Violation" Burke was about ready to leap out of her ESPN chair on that one. Good job and Happy Friday.

Irrational Exuberance

Be careful of your celebrations...



It was an eventual bullshit call but it was called nonetheless. And Purdue knows who they are. They are the unbeaten team that beat another unbeaten team that just got beat. < /Tropic Thunder reference>

What happened?!

Again with the damn refs, Arizona State gets bad call and loses to USC.

Bye bye Sun Devils.

UCLA is freakin' lucky

THIS AIN'T SKILL!!!!!!


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I'm not bashing the Bruins. But two games where the rules were ignored in UCLA's favor?