Watching the Tenn vs AU game the calls were so inconsistent all night. Ridiculous to watch the refs butcher the game. Good top 10 battle, both teams were hungry af
The SEC refs are so bad
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I just hate the review process. One, they use it WAY too much and two, the amount of time it takes to come to a decision. Just speed things up.
Also they use the review process as a crutch because they can’t make a decision in real time.
Also they use the review process as a crutch because they can’t make a decision in real time.
Men’s basketball is pretty much impossible to ref. The rules are almost done by weight class. Cam Matthews at 240 isn’t getting the same calls a guy driving to the basket at 190 is getting.
They need to get rid of conference aligned refs in all sports.
Bad in all major sports in SEC for quite some time. As much praise as the conference has gotten through the last several years for quality of teams, the officials have been the opposite.
Seriously, if they don't get the review process fixed, it won't be just the NBA that's down 50% in viewership. Overtime yesterday took over 30 minutes to play and had only 2 made baskets by both teams combined. Woof. That's beyond ugly. Nobody wants to watch that.
Hell, yesterday they even used it after they had made a decision. That play towards the end of the game when Cam was inbounding and the ball got swatted back out of bounds was ridiculous. They made the right call, and it didn’t come within a foot of touching Cam on the way back, but they stopped play for a minute and a half long review “just to make sure”.
Worst thing you can do as an official is be timid. And the SEC overuse of replay has produced a lot of scared officials.
That ball never came close to Cam. Ridiculous if that was the review. I wondered if they were looking to see whether the USC player broke the plane of the baseline when he deflected the inbounds. But even then, if thats their first, it’s a delay of game warning. So just play ball and keep the game moving.
Yesterday’s game was totally ridiculous. Especially in the last few minutes of the 2nd half and the overtime. The fouls were so one sided. Cam attempted a put back and was literally mauled, no call. The next play usc was on their end of the court and we barely touch their player that was dribbling the ball, foul called on us. On and on just like that.
Watching the end of the UT/AU game made me feel better about not feeling biased that it was just our games. Broomie was mugging a UT player and knocked him off of his balance only to lose the ball naturally. Call? AU ball. It happened right in front of Barnes and a ref. Barnes threw his water at the call. It was funny seeing the mop boy cleaning it all up while Barnes was reading the ref the riot act. Blatant bad call.
One thing that really annoys me is almost anytime the clock stops in the last minute in a close game, the refs go to the monitor to check the time and put like 2 tenths of a second back on the clock. It’s maddening. What does it matter if it goes from 13.4 to 13.7? They’re just going to dribble it around until there’s less than five seconds left anyway. I understand if like a full second comes off the clock when it’s not supposed to. But taking two minutes to put a couple tenths of a second back on the clock drives me crazy.
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