If you think our refs were bad

[FurdTerguson]

Anyone catch the end of BYU-Arizona?

 

[2Dope15]

Arkansas shot 20 more Fts than Missouri

 

[ukcatz12]

Yeah there’s no grand conspiracy against UK. Refs are just bad because it’s largely a difficult job and the talent pool is very small. These guys are reffing literally seven days a week in a lot of cases with very little downtime.

 

[megablue]

"We want to make more free-throws than the other team takes!"
--- Rick Pitino

A team is prioritizing a defensive strategy that forces the opposing team to commit so many fouls that they are constantly shooting free throws, while simultaneously aiming to be so good at shooting free throws themselves that they end up scoring more free throws than the opponent even attempts.

 

[Edgarman]

Yeah there’s no grand conspiracy against UK. Refs are just bad because it’s largely a difficult job and the talent pool is very small. These guys are reffing literally seven days a week in a lot of cases with very little downtime.

They are calling a ton of games but another issue is kids today are bigger, faster, and much stronger than in past years. Same thing happened in football. Refs have a tough time because of these factors. A foul on a 6'11" 300 lb guy is hard to call because a 6'7" guy can knock the heck out of the big guy and he doesn't budge so no foul is called. If you watch post play, it has become WWE. An offensive big slams the defender to get down low and then they call a foul on the defender after he has had the hell beat out of him to get push under the goal. I know we complain about fouls not called when we see our guys get beat up but we have to respond by being physical also. Our defense as a whole plays soft compared to our opponents.

 

[UKWILDCAT2004]

They are calling a ton of games but another issue is kids today are bigger, faster, and much stronger than in past years. Same thing happened in football. Refs have a tough time because of these factors. A foul on a 6'11" 300 lb guy is hard to call because a 6'7" guy can knock the heck out of the big guy and he doesn't budge so no foul is called. If you watch post play, it has become WWE. An offensive big slams the defender to get down low and then they call a foul on the defender after he has had the hell beat out of him to get push under the goal. I know we complain about fouls not called when we see our guys get beat up but we have to respond by being physical also. Our defense as a whole plays soft compared to our opponents.

It's absolutely an epidemic. It's bad across the board. The thing is you don't see conferences who contract these guys do much about it. NCAA isn't going to do much because they aren't a union. So it comes down to the individual conferences to demand they be better at their jobs. Perfect example Terry Olgelsby should absolutely be publicly reprimanded for his actions last night. Completely unprofessional to step towards a coach like that and bait him. It's a lot of a good ole boy system. They face no consequences for their ineptness. Look I stand by if 18-23 guys have to go out and face questions about the game there is no reason a 50 year old man can't do it. They are absolutely protected and they act like it too.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

They are calling a ton of games but another issue is kids today are bigger, faster, and much stronger than in past years. Same thing happened in football. Refs have a tough time because of these factors. A foul on a 6'11" 300 lb guy is hard to call because a 6'7" guy can knock the heck out of the big guy and he doesn't budge so no foul is called. If you watch post play, it has become WWE. An offensive big slams the defender to get down low and then they call a foul on the defender after he has had the hell beat out of him to get push under the goal. I know we complain about fouls not called when we see our guys get beat up but we have to respond by being physical also. Our defense as a whole plays soft compared to our opponents.

Our offense plays soft too. We are a finesse team.

We don’t get fouled as much because don’t create contact.

We foul too much because we’re getting beat off the dribble and chasing.