It looked like one to me.

(03-05-2015 10:51 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  I'm not normally one to ***** about refs but I honestly can't believe some of these calls UConn is getting.

Preview for the conference tournament?

Neither team can hit a damn shot.

(03-05-2015 10:47 PM)subflea Wrote:  Refs typically work regions of the country. That is why many of them do a lot of games in 1 or 2 conferences. Also why some schools see the same refs several times a year. However, they technically could work any game in D-1 basketball. For some big matchups they will assign really veteran guys no matter whether the game is in their region or not.

For example, the 3 refs that have worked the most AAC games have also reffed a lot of games in CUSA for the top guy, ACC for the 2nd, and Big 12 for the 3rd.

This makes more sense. The big east was more regionalized, so I guess I'm being exposed to a whole variety of regional refs that I think are pretty poor.

I always wondered why we saw so much Hightower and Higgins back in the big east.

As an aside, one of the better officiated games I've seen this entire year was the UC vs Xavier game. Whoever those guys were should be officiating in the NCAA tournament. They did a fantastic job.

Announcers have now twice questioned why Lunardi doesn't have Tulsa in his bracket.

That's a big change for an espn crew. Normally they're babbling about BPI and agreeing with Lunardi.

Wowwwww.

What a win for Memphis!

Great game. Congrats Memphis.

(03-05-2015 11:15 PM)owlfan2272 Wrote:  What a win for Memphis!

Only reason for our guys to play that hard is pride, and man, was I glad to see it.

(03-05-2015 11:04 PM)TUBballJunkie Wrote:  Announcers have now twice questioned why Lunardi doesn't have Tulsa in his bracket.

That's a big change for an espn crew. Normally they're babbling about BPI and agreeing with Lunardi.

Dude in our game you'd think Lunardi controlled who was in the tourney

That was the first AAC espn game I've seen in the last week or so that didn't feature Lunardi talking multiple times during the game. Must have the night off.

(03-05-2015 11:49 PM)TUBballJunkie Wrote:  That was the first AAC espn game I've seen in the last week or so that didn't feature Lunardi talking multiple times during the game. Must have the night off.

We all give thanks and praise your name.

(03-05-2015 10:53 PM)TU MoFo Wrote:  

(03-05-2015 10:51 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  I'm not normally one to ***** about refs but I honestly can't believe some of these calls UConn is getting.

Preview for the conference tournament?

Those refs had better not call the conference tournament. They were freaking pathetic.

(03-05-2015 08:20 PM)owlfan2272 Wrote:  Also can I just say how stupid Joe Lunardi's crap is? "Temple may still fall out of the field depending on games tonight" meanwhile no one behind Temple on their chart plays tonight and Temple has dropped 4 spots in the last 2 days to teams that also have not played, I am missing all of these imaginary games causing the movement

Isn't Lunardi a St. Joe's guy? That would explain it.

(03-05-2015 10:47 PM)subflea Wrote:  Refs typically work regions of the country. That is why many of them do a lot of games in 1 or 2 conferences. Also why some schools see the same refs several times a year. However, they technically could work any game in D-1 basketball. For some big matchups they will assign really veteran guys no matter whether the game is in their region or not.

For example, the 3 refs that have worked the most AAC games have also reffed a lot of games in CUSA for the top guy, ACC for the 2nd, and Big 12 for the 3rd.

That's b/c our pool of refs is shared by the AAC, CUSA and the Big 12.

(03-06-2015 03:40 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(03-05-2015 08:20 PM)owlfan2272 Wrote:  Also can I just say how stupid Joe Lunardi's crap is? "Temple may still fall out of the field depending on games tonight" meanwhile no one behind Temple on their chart plays tonight and Temple has dropped 4 spots in the last 2 days to teams that also have not played, I am missing all of these imaginary games causing the movement

Isn't Lunardi a St. Joe's guy? That would explain it.

Embarrassing. http://www.sju.edu/majors-programs/adult...acketology

AAC refs also work Big Ten games too. (UCF has had Valentine at least twice this year at home...and I think once on the road).