I honestly can’t believe you guys know the names of the refs. I can’t even remember seeing the same ref twice. They are like random pieces of furniture to me. I see them, but I don’t look at them if that makes sense.
Just curious. How long have you been a college basketball fan?
I’ve been watching cognizantly for 30 years and I have a list of complete bast…I mean refs that have stuck in UKs and the SEC in general’s craw for years.
1.
Higgins- self explanatory. When Bob Huggins comes out to a hurt WVU player and looks at you sayin, “Yeah, the don’t fouls do they John?” You know you’re a ****** ref. (4-5). 4 out of 5 of those loses? NCAA Tournament.
2. Jamie Luckie- hates Cal. HATES him. I know we say that about a lot of refs but I think this one is true. Cal doesn’t care for him either. Luckily (lol) we don’t see him often. (21-10) has Td up Cal and/or a Kentucky player six or more times.
3. Doug Shows- used to be decent towards us. Now? Seems to call every thing he can st us. (90-37). He’s not awful awful but droning on who he’s with (like a couple others forthcoming) it can be a long night.
4. Doug Sirmons- the two headed snake. He will either leave you alone or make you his whipping boy. He’s horribly inconsistent. Pair him with any of the above (like the 2020 KU game where we had Adams, Luckie, and Sirmons? Shoot me. Guess what. We lost). And he will be a night mare. (48-16, BUT 2-3 out of the last 5).
5. Tony Smoking Grass Greene- I have no clue if Mr. Greene partakes in herbal substances but his head scratching calls make me wonder. Mr. Greene currently holds the active record for officiating the most UK losses at FORTY (there is one worse but he’s retired) But to his credit he’s been decent to us at times. But I never like seeing his name in the officiating crew (104-40)
6. Teddy TV Valentine- On his own is not bad. We usually have good rapport with him. If you get him in a road game though? Gonna be a long night. The man will Lapp up the home crowd and throw out his hip to look good. He call called a charge against us once and it’s a miracle he didn’t throw out his back. Came half way onto 5he court from the baseline to do it. ***. (46-17, but 3-2 of last five).
Those are the worst minder or stil active ones for us, Anthony Jordan is in there too (which he should’ve been fire for posing with his LSU gear before reffing an LSU GAME) and the god awful Roger Ayers (13-12).
But the infamous list from days past include the infamous Donald Rutledge and the most annoying ref in UK history, John Clougherty who holds the title of officiating the most UK losses in our programs history. When you hear the name Clougherty come out of Cawood’s mouth, get the whisky. It could be a long night.