25-6 free throw disparity in favor of road team...

[MdWIldcat55]

I've only been following Kentucky for around 50 years, but I can't remember anything like that ever happening before in Rupp or Memorial before that.

If you'd just showed me that stat and told me one team was up by as much as 24, I wouldn't have picked the Cats.

Kentucky was much more aggressive on defense than the Big Vs from Nashville. But I still thought the refs were, um, inconsistent.

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

But 3rex says we get home cooking

 

[southvillecat]

The Ticky tack fouls were ridiculous.

 

[jrm693]

I really despise the majority of the and 1 calls more times than not our guys got pushed off and the dude who scored against Poythress definitely jumped into him I just hate those automatic calls and it needs addressing thats why I have wanted the Coachs protest like in football.

 

[TNCatfanforever]

At least Frieda's Boss can't cry about officiating.

 

[Bungalow Bill]

We committed some stupid fouls in the 1st half but there were a bunch of phantom calls in the 2nd. The officials almost stunk as much as Vandy.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

Vandy will have a +35 advantage in Nashville. Book it.

 

[Calsarmy]

Talking about Vandy. I remember a game in Nashville back in maybe 93-94 and the foul shoots were 56-7 in favor of Vandy. Mash was fouled out by the refs. Rick was not only thrown out but they had the police escort him from the gym. (Sorry Rick for using the word ESCORT)

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

And we still waxed their asses by 19 big uns.

 

[tapemaster8]

Talking about Vandy. I remember a game in Nashville back in maybe 93-94 and the foul shoots were 56-7 in favor of Vandy. Mash was fouled out by the refs. Rick was not only thrown out but they had the police escort him from the gym. (Sorry Rick for using the word ESCORT)

Lol!

 

[UKWildcats#8]

Talking about Vandy. I remember a game in Nashville back in maybe 93-94 and the foul shoots were 56-7 in favor of Vandy. Mash was fouled out by the refs. Rick was not only thrown out but they had the police escort him from the gym. (Sorry Rick for using the word ESCORT)

I think you are thinking of the 90-91 game. It was 51-7 in favor of Vandy. As I said, expect something somewhat similar in a few weeks...UK will lose a close game in Nashville due to officiating.

 

[KYCAT78]

I've only been following Kentucky for around 50 years, but I can't remember anything like that ever happening before in Rupp or Memorial before that.

If you'd just showed me that stat and told me one team was up by as much as 24, I wouldn't have picked the Cats.

Kentucky was much more aggressive on defense than the Big Vs from Nashville. But I still thought the refs were, um, inconsistent.

I agree in my 45 years of following the CATS I cannot ever remember such a home disparity.

 

[westerncat]

The Ticky tack fouls were ridiculous.

I agree .... some of those went against Poythress.

 

[UKSDG]

It seemed like one ref made most of the calls at the Vandy end. I didn't recognize him but hope we don't see him again.

 

[the stat man]

Can you imagine what coach K would be say if Duke go that big of a free throw difference at their place !!! Amazing just amazing!!

 

[KyCatFan]

All of our inside players have a bad reputation for committing stupid fouls and I think the refs go into the game expecting that and won't hesitate to call any contact. Unfortunately they do commit most of those fouls. The question is are they calling it consistent both ways? This game doesn't seem that way with the free throw disparity.

 

[Mike-D]

A 3 point shooting team comes into RUPP, and quadruples our free-throw output. Would this happen at UNC, Duke, or Kansas?

 

[IIIBradIII]

The stripes once again had a horrible, horrible day. Thankfully we were better than vandy + 3, but something HAS to be done about ncaa basketball officiating.

 

[BigBlueFanGA]

Who were the officials?

 

[CharlieT71059]

We were fouling a lot in the first half

 

[docholiday51]

Can you imagine what coach K would be say if Duke go that big of a free throw difference at their place !!! Amazing just amazing!!

I heard K was recruiting a kid named Peter Parker, said he was Amazing

 

[ymmot31]

Who were the officials?

Indeed.

 

[howercat]

so who thinks UK gets home cooking at Rupp?

 

[cathead64]

It's pretty much the only way Vandy could score. The ref's were shaving points trying to cover their bets.

 

[Blueisbest]

You would think that a team with a reputation of shooting a lot of 3's wouldn't get to the line as much. Whereas a team that score the majority of their points in the paint would get to the free throw line a lot. Not yesterday. The free throw disparity was the only thing keeping Vandy even somewhat in the game.

 

[FilsonCat]

The systematic way the refs kept the margin down was blatant and obvious to everyone except our resident "it's never the refs" zombies.

I think college basketball referees should have a bonding requirement that also examines financial windfalls and all sources of income as part of the background investigation. If that were the case, I guarantee some SEC crews would be dismissed immediately.

Referees are in a position of public trust and impact the outcomes of very expensive and heavily subsidized public ventures. There is a legitimate and necessary public interest for more transparency.

There is an undeniable amount of temptation for referees to participate in gambling activities, such as points shaving, during game segments. As it stands now, the likelihood of NCAA refs being caught cheating is very low. In fact, there is virtually no accountability for statistically impossible outcomes like yesterday's free throw disparity.

 

[skcatfan]

Just another typical screw job by the horrible SEC refs. I'm afraid to think what'll happen when we go down to Memorial for the return game.

 

[warrior-cat]

We have had more fouls called against us in the last 4 games than our opponents. Home cooking? No.

 

[jrpross]

Who were the officials?

 

[warrior-cat]

UL fans are complaining about the officiating even though they got called for 5 less fouls at Georgia Tech and won the game. They are being called for less fouls than almost all of their opponents. Go figure, they want all of the calls or everyone is against them.

 

[Blue63Madison]

We get home cooking in Rupp much of the time. You're blinded by homerism if you disagree. Having said that, it obviously wasn't the case yesterday. However, I didn't think it was a poorly officiated game.

 

[dynastydreamuk]

The systematic way the refs kept the margin down was blatant and obvious to everyone except our resident "it's never the refs" zombies.

I think college basketball referees should have a bonding requirement that also examines financial windfalls and all sources of income as part of the background investigation. If that were the case, I guarantee some SEC crews would be dismissed immediately.

Referees are in a position of public trust and impact the outcomes of very expensive and heavily subsidized public ventures. There is a legitimate and necessary public interest for more transparency.

There is an undeniable amount of temptation for referees to participate in gambling activities, such as points shaving, during game segments. As it stands now, the likelihood of NCAA refs being caught cheating is very low. In fact, there is virtually no accountability for statistically impossible outcomes like yesterday's free throw disparity.

THANK YOU FILSON CAT, Refs gamble.... I wish something could be done about it.
REF in nba was caught in 06 when a mob investigation stumbled upon it just by chance, nba supposedly watches officials closely for patterns or some BS, but i don't believe that either.

I don't know what spread the stripes were chasing yesterday though, the vegas line was UK by -6, They should have seen they didn't have a chance getting close to there, which the foul calling did ease up some near mid 2nd half. They may be gambling on different spreads as well because there are per half 10 minutes spreads people don't think about which is why games are call inconsistently in different periods at times it seems.

I'd gamble if i was a ref, and i'm a very honest person, just so much easy money that could be made just to shave a couple points here and there, easy to have a 75% win percentage cause you still wont win them all... but 75% win percentage and you will rake in the money

 

[skcatfan]

We get home cooking in Rupp much of the time. You're blinded by homerism if you disagree. Having said that, it obviously wasn't the case yesterday. However, I didn't think it was a poorly officiated game.

We may get a generous whistle in non conference games, that's up for debate, but we definitely don't in SEC games. And when we play road games it's a joke.

 

[docholiday51]

In view of all the other stuff that goes on in and around college basket ball(UNC mess,double standard for teams like Duke,the way Coach K is portrayed vs how Cal is viewed and the UL mess) does anyone really think that officials don't gamble on games. Hell,we would get just as fair of a whistle if Pete Rose call some of our games.

 

[Ineverplayedthegame]

These guys I think

 

[CatPhight]

Who were the officials?

 

[dynastydreamuk]

see this is the problem... all these funny memes you guys post.

I hope you don't actually think the officals are just dumb or miss blatant obvious calls.

They are pros, most have been refs for 10 years.... it's not a complicated game to make mistakes on.

 

[kyjeff1]

I've only been following Kentucky for around 50 years, but I can't remember anything like that ever happening before in Rupp or Memorial before that.

If you'd just showed me that stat and told me one team was up by as much as 24, I wouldn't have picked the Cats.

Kentucky was much more aggressive on defense than the Big Vs from Nashville. But I still thought the refs were, um, inconsistent.

I haven't read through this thread yet so maybe someone else has already pointed this out but it's going to be far worse when we go to Nashville. That is the only time I ever feel like we really get shafted by the refs. We got routed there in 07 or 08 and all I can remember is how hard Vandy was allowed to play on defense but we got called for everything, including looking at a Vandy player wrong.
It hasn't been as bad there since but it's still really bad. I think the fact we have a better coach and better talent has been The reason UK has been able to overcome it for the most part since that 07 or 08 game.
Now in yesterday's game, I get it, Vandy leads the whatever in free throw attempts but I didn't see anything they did that was special to earn that kind of a difference in free throw attempts. I'll just use a level mind and chalk it up to the fact that I wasn't there in person and I must have missed what was actually happening.
The fact that the cats won the game amazes me, then when I think about the margin of victory I'm astonished. Cal is turning this boat upstream and that's incredible considering how bad this team was.

 

[kyjeff1]

I really despise the majority of the and 1 calls more times than not our guys got pushed off and the dude who scored against Poythress definitely jumped into him I just hate those automatic calls and it needs addressing thats why I have wanted the Coachs protest like in football.

I said this in another thread. Poythress got shafted on that csll and calls like that affect how a player plays.
Here's how mad I get when I see the defender get called for a foul when the guy with the ball initiates the contact. It happened to a Louisville defender last night in the UL/G-Tech game. The UL guy got whistled for the foul when the tech player jumped into him (same thing that happened to Poy). I jumped out of my chair and yelled at the TV. My wife thought I had turned into a Louisville fan (yuck, I now need a shower). I just can't stand that call and I don't care what team is the one getting shafted. Even if it's Louisville that call infuriates me. That tells me the ref that made that call is incompetent and shouldn't be calling games at this level.

 

[Blue Decade]

I've only been following Kentucky for around 50 years, but I can't remember anything like that ever happening before in Rupp or Memorial before that.

If you'd just showed me that stat and told me one team was up by as much as 24, I wouldn't have picked the Cats.

Kentucky was much more aggressive on defense than the Big Vs from Nashville. But I still thought the refs were, um, inconsistent.

After losing at Auburn, Calipari noted that games are not being called as he expected. He said we would practice harder and play more physical. And we are.