Implications for basketball? I am still bitter on Duke’s treatment in games on big stages. It’s only a game from nearly 30 years ago, so I guess I shouldn’t be bitter anymore. But Kansas doubles up Duke in the numbers of fouls. We lose by four in the semi’s in Dallas.
Maui about 5 years ago, Turnover Tyshawn era of KU hoops. Duke guy takes so many steps he has to stop and take a rest in the middle of his travels, setting up the ridiculous corner three that beat us. And the turnover that a lot of us blamed on Tyshawn in crunch time? HE GOT PUSHED BY DUKE, no call except out of bounds Duke.
In 91 Duke was better than us, so there was no need for the refs to cheat them to victory.
Now, it didn’t involve KU of course, but my suitor on the side, Wisconsin got screwed out of the chance to win the national championship when the officials decided to finish the game with 13 whistles against the Badgers against 2 for coach Krud, all after we were up by 10. The most egregious in my mind besides the replay controversy was their hot guard in that game, I’ve repressed the memory of his name, drives against Koenig, bloodies Koenigs chops with a forearm shiver and sinks the circus shot and gets the and 1 opportunity.
So yes, there are refs who may not like a team like Texas, and I have no clue who that guy was that complained, I saw it too. I’m not totally sure why the refs would be against a flagship football team because the NCAA needs teams like Texas to be relevant in football. But it looks like they got shafted. But there are also teams that get the abundance of favorable calls, and frankly, that’s us too quite often I’d say.
