Saturday, March 22, 2008

Free Throw-Fest Saturday

It seems to happen every year.....with all the excitement and enthusiasm surrounding March Madness and the teams and players involved the refs the NCAA appoints to officiate these games go and decide that they want some of the spotlight.

What a shame.....despite great efforts by all the players and coaches involved, these 2 early games have been almost UN-watchable due to constant whistles from the officials.

The refs in DC called 48 fouls in the Duke-WVU game.....that's more than a foul a MINUTE.

So far in this K State-Wisconsin game the refs have called 36 fouls in 33 minutes. Wisconsin was int he DOUBLE bonus midway thru the 2nd half.

I haven't seen much of the Xavier-Purdue game but it appears the stripes are letting the PLAYERS decide the game in that one.

This Wisconsin-K State game has been especially putrid. These guys are just LOOKING for an excuse to blow their whistles.

How sad....this tourney should be decided by the PLAYERS, not the guys in the black and white striped shirts.

Hopefully it gets better as the night goes on, because some of these early games have frankly been unwatchable at times.

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