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

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.
Yes, most have been officials for a LOOOONG time. Some of them too long. Remember the screenshot of Jim Burr standing 5' from the guy laying half out of bounds with the ball, starring right at him and didn't see it? Yeah, that and many others just like it happen when the game moves too fast and you're too old.
I'm not saying the refs have cost us any games but I will say that their consistency is off at times.
 
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

If you would gamble as a ref, then no, you aren't an honest person.
 
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Why do the refs have to gamble? The pac 12 head of officials offered money and tickets to a vacation to call a technical foul on Arizona and Miller. Maybe he was gambling... or maybe some one over his head was gambling

These guys could just be doing whats asked of them
 
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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.
Ulis did the same thing. Just sayin.
 
He did that in the Arkansas game and got away with it once...... and was going to do it against Vandy.... but this time D. Jones jumped into Ulis and knocked him backwards off Ulis' path which resulted in a blocking foul. If Jones would of jumped straight up it wouldnt of been a foul
 
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I just rewatched the game looking for this. Vandy just didn't foul much. No favoritism. No conspiracy.
 
For anyone interested, below are the home games where the opponents shot equal to or more than the 19 FTA differential in the Vanderbilt game.

Date Opp. Diff. (Opp - UK FTA) UK FTA Opp FTA
1/25/1992 Arkansas 31 18 49
3/2/1997 South Carolina 29 15 44
3/3/1956 Tennessee 26 27 53
3/1/1992 Vanderbilt 25 11 36
2/6/1993 Vanderbilt 23 14 37
2/14/1998 Mississippi 23 13 36
1/4/1975 Louisiana State 22 19 41
1/26/2002 Alabama 21 8 29
12/3/1980 Ohio State 20 13 33
2/11/1989 Florida 20 8 28
12/17/1965 Air Force 19 8 27
2/9/1997 Villanova 19 6 25
1/5/2008 Louisville 19 27 46
1/23/2016 Vanderbilt 19 6 25
 
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For anyone interested, below are the home games where the opponents shot equal to or more than the 19 FTA differential in the Vanderbilt game.

Date Opp. Diff. (Opp - UK FTA) UK FTA Opp FTA
1/25/1992 Arkansas 31 18 49
3/2/1997 South Carolina 29 15 44
3/3/1956 Tennessee 26 27 53
3/1/1992 Vanderbilt 25 11 36
2/6/1993 Vanderbilt 23 14 37
2/14/1998 Mississippi 23 13 36
1/4/1975 Louisiana State 22 19 41
1/26/2002 Alabama 21 8 29
12/3/1980 Ohio State 20 13 33
2/11/1989 Florida 20 8 28
12/17/1965 Air Force 19 8 27
2/9/1997 Villanova 19 6 25
1/5/2008 Louisville 19 27 46
1/23/2016 Vanderbilt 19 6 25
Vandy appears on your list 3 times ,no one else more than once
 
The thing that gets me is the double standard.

I thought it was really evident with both Arkansas and Vandy;s big men. The used their hands, shoulders, hips and anything else to play rugby on both ends of the floor. As soon as a UK big (with hands in the air) made contact whistle. When our guys posted, they got mauled.

This happened at LSU as well. They pushed on most rebounds and were allowed to play MUCH more physical than our bigs.

A lot of opponents guards are allowed to body bump more than our guys as well.

I have noticed this a lot since Cal got here. It is the basic scouting report on how to beat a more athletically talented team, so I think the refs expect it and call the game differently on each end.
 
Then why don't officials let that happen to Duke, UNC, KU, UL and all the other teams that have more talent than their opponents? 99% of the time its a one sided officiated game, its in their favor instead of the opponents favor.
 
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