Narberth Referee Jeff Clark is doin this game in case anyone was wondering
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8 years 7 months ago - 8 years 7 months ago #7575
by konza63
He is also, as it turns out, the guy who whistled Devonte for 4 of his 5 fouls. I ask the Board two simple questions:
* How often have you seen Devonte foul out in his KU career?
* If one of the refs in this Elite 8 game were from Douglas County (the equivalent of Cheltenham, PA--north Philly), and he called 4 fouls that led to Ryan Arcidiacono fouling out of that pivotal game, do you not think it would be covered ad nauseum by the media?
The more I think about this game, and the way it was called like a street fight in Morgantown (yet with KU getting whistled for touch and phantom fouls while we got hacked to death), the more I feel it STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN.
PS: A source on the web says that former Coach Steve Lappas weighed in on CBS radio as saying he should never have been allowed to call the KU-Nova game.
Why does this kind of crap only seem to happen to KU?
I know officiating was just one factor in the game, but it's inarguable that it played an important role.
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
Jeff Clark was one of the KU-Nova officials and resides in Philly.
He is also, as it turns out, the guy who whistled Devonte for 4 of his 5 fouls. I ask the Board two simple questions:
* How often have you seen Devonte foul out in his KU career?
* If one of the refs in this Elite 8 game were from Douglas County (the equivalent of Cheltenham, PA--north Philly), and he called 4 fouls that led to Ryan Arcidiacono fouling out of that pivotal game, do you not think it would be covered ad nauseum by the media?
The more I think about this game, and the way it was called like a street fight in Morgantown (yet with KU getting whistled for touch and phantom fouls while we got hacked to death), the more I feel it STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN.
PS: A source on the web says that former Coach Steve Lappas weighed in on CBS radio as saying he should never have been allowed to call the KU-Nova game.
Why does this kind of crap only seem to happen to KU?
I know officiating was just one factor in the game, but it's inarguable that it played an important role.
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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8 years 7 months ago #7578
by konza63
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
Tweet from a Nova fan from Philly late in the KU-Nova game:
Apparently tweeted with glee. (Note: Narberth is just on the outskirts of Philly...)
Hell of a job, NCAA. Hell of a job.
“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”
1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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8 years 7 months ago #7584
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
Konza wrote:
Coincidence? I think not.
I know, I know, I see biased refs, even refs on the take, everywhere... but what if???
That guy should not have been working that game.
Thanks for nothing, guys. Ignorance may not be bliss, but I was getting better...
He is also, as it turns out, the guy who whistled Devonte for 4 of his 5 fouls. I ask the Board two simple questions:Jeff Clark was one of the KU-Nova officials and resides in Philly.
* How often have you seen Devonte foul out in his KU career?
* If one of the refs in this Elite 8 game were from Douglas County (the equivalent of Cheltenham, PA--north Philly), and he called 4 fouls that led to Ryan Arcidiacono fouling out of that pivotal game, do you not think it would be covered ad nauseum by the media?
Coincidence? I think not.
I know, I know, I see biased refs, even refs on the take, everywhere... but what if???
That guy should not have been working that game.
Thanks for nothing, guys. Ignorance may not be bliss, but I was getting better...
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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8 years 7 months ago #7591
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
You are right, of course. 
Just me grousing.
No worries, JR.
Just me grousing.
No worries, JR.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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