Officiating

KYFOSSIL

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I haven’t watched the game. I’m just about to, but I was following it and almost every foul that was on a Kentucky player was called a shooting foul and you can’t play tight defense. If you think you’re gonna get called for a foul every time the team shooting the only reason uk was failed half the time they were was at the end of the game on before it was falling on every possession, but the cat stepped up and hit the free throws. Just look at the amount of free-throws taken versus the amount of fouls Kentucky made
 
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rick64

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Florida Gators
Kentucky Wildcats
FG33-6037-64
Field Goal %55.057.8
3PT12-3414-29
Three Point %35.348.3
FT22-3518-24
Free Throw %62.975.0
Rebounds3830
Offensive Rebounds159
Defensive Rebounds2321
Assists1625
Steals36
Blocks42
Total Turnovers96
Points Off Turnovers420
Fast Break Points817
Points in Paint3844
Fouls2020
 

FltDoc

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That’s exactly how the refs manipulate games. Yeah sure, the fouls were even, but look at how many more free throws Florida shot.
Went thru a quick primer with my wife on what we know about the history of graft/cheating in sports -- remember, it's not about winning or losing with the refs, it's about moving the line....
 

uky8unc5

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I’ve seen worse. Definitely felt like there was an effort to keep the game close. Lot of ticky-tack stuff on UF drives. Phantom foul on Butler on a 3. Florida bigs allowed to be about as rough as they could.
No argument.
But still, I thought it was even. Just my opinion...
 
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AJG-15

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I would not say it was the worst officiating game…. We have seen worse…

The problem is how you officiate the freedom of movement: We are not in 80 and 90 anymore.

As big : You cannot use arm-bar to push in the back …you cannot dislocate defender by pushing with your hips 4 -5 feet, you cannot use your extended arms/ feet to set screens outside of your cylinder …

As guard : you cannot have two hands on the player…I don’t care if you are just defending or trying to get open in offense.

The SEC crews tend to allow more contact , it’s almost like they believe we are still in the 80 and 90s. It’s part of the game preparation, when the lead official would say: we know they are going to be physical, let see if they can play through some contact…. The problem with that you set the wrong tone for the game and you end up in slug fest… players and coaches don’t know how you are officiating the game when in the second half you become whistle happy ….


Second point , Other conference officials do not allow this much contact and that’s a point of emphasis from the conference to the officials…. In the NCAA tournament sec team tend to be more physical but depending what crew you get you might get in foul trouble as a team. Some of that is now compensated by having referees officiating multiple conferences….however, you also get in situations where you have mix crews where an Sec official might blow the whistle different than a ACC or big 12 or big 10 ….

As long as the refs are paid by conferences that want to push a different style of play , you are not going to have a uniform whistle across the board….

You have also the issue of overworked officials….which are doing too many games.
 

tallkat70

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Unfortunately, bad basketball officiating is like bad customer service, being nice gets you nowhere. The bigger the AH you are, the more they'll do to avoid you.
 

anon1751545683

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Worst Officials Ever ???? One-Sided ????

20 Fouls - Gators
20 Fouls - Kentucky
I was going to post that. The fouls were even.

There were bad calls both ways just like every SEC forever. Worst officials in basketball.


We fouled them more on shots. They took 11 more foul shots than we did.

They outscored us by 4 at the line.

There’s only one negative from this game for UK.

Defensive rebounding.

We took care of the ball. Only 6 turnovers. We shot 58% from the field. 48% from 3. 75% free throws.

We passed like wizards with 25 assists.

If we had just cut their offensive rebounds in half we win by 15-20.
 
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KYFOSSIL

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Thanks....You are correct.
4 fouls in last 51 seconds
I misread the Play by Play report (that accompanies Box Score)

That doesn't change my opinion about the Officials today.
Lol I first did the samething.
 

Rockfly78

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A big reason the fouls were lopsided is that we don’t initiate and maintain contact with our bodies. We use our hands. Physicality really is this team’s Achilles heel.