We all watch enough NCAA Basketball to know how seriously flawed the refs are at their jobs. I just read this article on ESPN about the pressures of March Madness. It got my attention because of the interview with John Higgins. The article, and it has to be intentionally, does not discuss any of Higgins situation with UK and his eventual retirement. Kinda like how nobody brings up the Shot Clock Review Rule was obviously a direct response to officials blowing an egregious shot clock call in 2015.
This isn't to deflect blame from Calipari.
It's just coincidence that we've not done well ever since that guy let all the other referees know that UK fans go after referees...right? In general, NCAA refs are several steps below NBA refs, and none of them are perfect. And these guys are humans, so there has to be some natural reaction among Higgins' peers to the treatment he received, even if he sucked at his job in that game vs UNC.
ESPN Referee Story
GO CATS
This isn't to deflect blame from Calipari.
It's just coincidence that we've not done well ever since that guy let all the other referees know that UK fans go after referees...right? In general, NCAA refs are several steps below NBA refs, and none of them are perfect. And these guys are humans, so there has to be some natural reaction among Higgins' peers to the treatment he received, even if he sucked at his job in that game vs UNC.
ESPN Referee Story
GO CATS