(01-20-2017 01:05 PM)Cletus Wrote:  He's looking right at it but swallows his whistle ..........

Looks like his foot is slightly off the ground at the heel and therefore not touching the line.

However, I have a wider angle/view. There is 0% chance the referee could see that.

To him it would HAVE to APPEAR as out of bounds, whether it was or not.

It is what it is though.

(01-20-2017 01:00 PM)Cletus Wrote:  Houston Chronicle story on Tiger's OT win over Cougar's

Quote:But it was K.J. Lawson, a freshman and younger brother of Dedric, who proved to be the Cougars' undoing. He made 12-of-21 shots, including a clutch jumper late in the second half. He entered the game averaging 12.1.

Great fact checking there, Houston Chronicle.

(01-20-2017 09:58 AM)mairving Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 09:49 AM)eastcoastDave Wrote:  Had to hit the sack at halftime because of an early morning on East Coast (9pm starts are a killer). Figured that a lost lead at the half would translate to big loss at the end. My surprise to see an OT win this AM. I'll take the W, but wasn't impressed with Houston. Was very pleased to see KJ break out with scoring and rebounding. At 14-5, I'm thinking that regular season 21 wins is a possibility. That should be good enough for an NCAA bid, if Tigers avoid a first-game loss in AAC Tournament.

There's very little chance of a NCAA at large bid for us. We would pretty much have to run the table. Very few good wins and some bad losses doomed us. Currently we are 70 on Kenpom and 68 on Sagarin.

Houston is a much better team than they showed last night. Our best win by a fairly wide margin (don't even bring up defenseless Iowa). I predict they will finish in the top 4 of AAC and will be a factor in tourney. Knowles and Grey had been playing better than what I saw last night.

(01-20-2017 10:20 AM)tigerjamesc Wrote:  I think we could lose to Cincy and still get in with a run to the championship game in the AAC tournament. We would be a bubble team

Depth is going to be a huge detriment for us with first round bye; unthinkable without it.

South Carolina is our best win

(01-20-2017 01:20 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:05 PM)Cletus Wrote:  He's looking right at it but swallows his whistle ..........

Looks like his foot is slightly off the ground at the heel and therefore not touching the line.

However, I have a wider angle/view. There is 0% chance the referee could see that.

To him it would HAVE to APPEAR as out of bounds, whether it was or not.

It is what it is though.

Glass full or half full?

(01-20-2017 01:41 PM)450bench Wrote:  South Carolina is our best win

true, but that Oklahoma win isn't all that bad either ... our wins are definitely more impressive than UH

(01-20-2017 02:49 PM)mempho_to_diego Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:20 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:05 PM)Cletus Wrote:  He's looking right at it but swallows his whistle ..........

Looks like his foot is slightly off the ground at the heel and therefore not touching the line.

However, I have a wider angle/view. There is 0% chance the referee could see that.

To him it would HAVE to APPEAR as out of bounds, whether it was or not.

It is what it is though.

Glass full or half full?

Empty since Kansas won the title.

Just rewatched the game. I feel worse than ever about the state of athletic officiating.

(01-20-2017 01:05 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 09:29 AM)gotigers1 Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 11:51 PM)TubbyTime Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 11:39 PM)holyterror Wrote:  37 fouls called. 42 free throw attempts. And some totally bogus calls going both ways.
TV ted must be proud of himself.

Terrible refereeing. Simply terrible. Yes Ted was the pits

Near the end of the game he calls that charging foul when it was an obvious block. He was about to call a block and then hesitated. Isn't Ted Valentine the same bozo who botched the out of bounds call on Kansas in the '08 title game?

He's looking right at it but swallows his whistle ..........

That is not Valentine, it is Hightower, who was a good referee but he overthought a few things in that game which did not help, neither did missing four consecutive free throws in the final moments.

(01-20-2017 02:52 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 02:49 PM)mempho_to_diego Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:20 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:05 PM)Cletus Wrote:  He's looking right at it but swallows his whistle ..........

Looks like his foot is slightly off the ground at the heel and therefore not touching the line.

However, I have a wider angle/view. There is 0% chance the referee could see that.

To him it would HAVE to APPEAR as out of bounds, whether it was or not.

It is what it is though.

Glass full or half full?

Empty since Kansas won the title.

no glass

(01-20-2017 02:52 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 02:49 PM)mempho_to_diego Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:20 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:05 PM)Cletus Wrote:  He's looking right at it but swallows his whistle ..........

Looks like his foot is slightly off the ground at the heel and therefore not touching the line.

However, I have a wider angle/view. There is 0% chance the referee could see that.

To him it would HAVE to APPEAR as out of bounds, whether it was or not.

It is what it is though.

Glass full or half full?

Empty since Kansas won the title.

(01-20-2017 02:50 PM)mempho_to_diego Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:41 PM)450bench Wrote:  South Carolina is our best win

true, but that Oklahoma win isn't all that bad either ... our wins are definitely more impressive than UH

Very true...

There is true and very true, but what is most truest?

(01-20-2017 03:46 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  There is true and very true, but what is most truest?

This one is easy: True Blue

(01-20-2017 01:20 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:05 PM)Cletus Wrote:  He's looking right at it but swallows his whistle ..........

Looks like his foot is slightly off the ground at the heel and therefore not touching the line.

However, I have a wider angle/view. There is 0% chance the referee could see that.

To him it would HAVE to APPEAR as out of bounds, whether it was or not.

It is what it is though.

lol. So much projection

I just keep imagining all the swallowed whistles, and where they go... and then what happens.

(01-20-2017 01:33 PM)sparkomemphis Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:00 PM)Cletus Wrote:  Houston Chronicle story on Tiger's OT win over Cougar's

Quote:But it was K.J. Lawson, a freshman and younger brother of Dedric, who proved to be the Cougars' undoing. He made 12-of-21 shots, including a clutch jumper late in the second half. He entered the game averaging 12.1.

Great fact checking there, Houston Chronicle.

That's almost as good as those goofs doing the previous game. They mentioned that the Lawson boys were twins....

Bring back Pete. Those were the good ole days.

(01-20-2017 03:06 PM)Mimi Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 01:05 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 09:29 AM)gotigers1 Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 11:51 PM)TubbyTime Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 11:39 PM)holyterror Wrote:  37 fouls called. 42 free throw attempts. And some totally bogus calls going both ways.
TV ted must be proud of himself.

Terrible refereeing. Simply terrible. Yes Ted was the pits

Near the end of the game he calls that charging foul when it was an obvious block. He was about to call a block and then hesitated. Isn't Ted Valentine the same bozo who botched the out of bounds call on Kansas in the '08 title game?

He's looking right at it but swallows his whistle ..........

That is not Valentine, it is Hightower, who was a good referee but he overthought a few things in that game which did not help, neither did missing four consecutive free throws in the final moments.

Hightower! He was an utter joke of an official too.