It will be interesting to see how many fouls are called on West Virginia when they play Kansas
Did he even get ball? Looked to me like he just blew past without touching anything.
Also LOL that they played that slugfest without Staten getting a single foul. We will blow these guys out of the water in Hilton if they try pressing like that playing without the refs in their pocket.
My thoughts ....
1) I completely agree that the calls were against us
2) pretty easy to say I have a personal bias being a cyclone fan - every fan will ultimately feel cheated by refs at some point in every game they watch in which their team is playing.
3) in defense of the refs ... it's tough to see everything when you're sprinting up and down the court ... tired ... and having to see through guys a foot taller/wider than you ... that being said it's still your job to call it right. We're also very privileged to have the camara views, angles, replay etc ...
4) lots of non cyclone fans, even ESPN has picked up on ISU being hosed in multiple games in multiple sports in the last couple years.
5) In tonight's game I found it amazing how many times WV was able to get away with mugging us but then we would get called for such a small amount of contact. What we were called on were fouls but the amount of non calls on them were atrocious.
Love it when HFCS gets going about officials. He's like the anti-Brent Blum.
You really want to wind him up and watch him go, tell him you think Nebraska basketball has a shot to get into the top 25 this year! Then get out of the way....
The first foul on Monte was awful.
Just call it like I see it in the 1-2 game a year where the officiating clearly decides the game (or makes it close like tonight). Maryland and South Carolina roughed us up too...but the officiating had nothing to do with those losses.
Had we lost tonight would anyone really have remotely thought WVU looked like the better team? 5 on 8 out there, huge win given that hurdle to clear.
I think those referees were on loan from Kansas.Did he even get ball? Looked to me like he just blew past without touching anything.
Also LOL that they played that slugfest without Staten getting a single foul. We will blow these guys out of the water in Hilton if they try pressing like that playing without the refs in their pocket.
Classic negotiation tactic. Similar to KSU football.
Until refs call it differently, constant contact is really the way to play defense. Why be called for 80% of your a weak fouls when you can be called for 50% of your muggings? But the FTs were basically even, so the game was called fairly and evenly says guys like Travis Hines.
I was thinking about that when he picked up his fifth. His fifth was a clear foul, Staten is just a beast, that fifth is a patented Kane move from last year...but that legit foul shouldn't have fouled out Monte given how much contact there was and Staten being magically foul free all game.
The first foul on Monte was awful.
#GodlessRefsI think those referees were on loan from Kansas.