Granted its a game and so in the grand scheme it doesn’t matter. But we conservatives like rules and following them. What a travesty then the non-calls against Duke. It is really comical. And what’s worse is Clark Kellog who must have been annointed the Duke cheerleader in Billy Packer’s absence. Have you ever seen an announcer agree with a ref’s non-call as much as Howard? I haven’t. And no less than two times does he then admit on the re-play that oh yeah that was a foul. And what the hell, is there a rule that Zubek is not allowed to foul out. He thrashes Howard to the ground and no-call. Same thing happened in the Baylor game. It’s really too bad, Butler should have made history, but that’s next to impossible when it is 5 vs. 8.
One thing I’ve learned - - you cannot properly call fouls from the TV’s view. When you sit underneath the basket with a camera you see loads of stuff uncalled. It evens out.
NO REF wants to be seen as partisan. They work their butts off and try their best to be fair. It’s how they get graded, and it is how they get to the pros and its big money and treatment.