Al Horford is a thug

[real fan]

I think the Horford call was worse as he bumped his way in to the basket and knocked the defender down; it was clearly an offensive foul ; he iniated the contact so what is the defensive player suppose to do.

[IlliBraves]

I'm sorry. I just don't see the bias. Sure, the refs blew the traveling call against Georgetown (Thank God! They're my bracket pick for National Champ ) but the no call at the end of the game is typical unless it's very obvious. The refs just don't want to be the deciding factor in a game.

IMO, the majors simply rose to the occasion in the final two minutes -- KU and Florida simply raised their play another notch. Their talent is superior to the mid-majors and their players simply stepped up.

Please, enough of this mid-major whining. They simply lost their games at the end to better teams.

If you watched Florida play throughout the tournament, it is blatently clear that Horford and his band of thugs have been able to push and back their way to the basket. That's a foul!
And it's not happening once, it's happening ALL GAME! Same way UNC won their last title, with that big thug May getting away with murder.

[MacabreMob]

Same way UNC won their last title, with that big thug May getting away with murder.

May was able to drive on Auggie because Auggie was to slow to get position on May.

Let it go man. Just let it go. (inhale.... exhale.... inhale... exhale.... there, that's better)

[oilerpimp]

It was a move Zach Andrews did nearly every game, and was called for EVERY GAME.

He was the first guy I thought of when I saw the "move".

[flipper]

And Billy Packer just said that it WASN'T a travel...unreal. I may be taking VromanFan's approach the rest of the tournament. I can't take it. Not only is is this a bad tournament, but now my intelligence is being insulted by a pompous @ss. Enough is enough.

i agree with your posts. it was a travel. seems many of these games have an official bias.

[tornado]

BB you seem irritable tonight. Lose money while in Vegas?

No...just can't stand watching this tournament. This epic meltdown by USC is just making it worse.

Lots of "gurus" are labelling this the best NCAA tournament ever because of all the high seeds in the Elite Eight and the absence of the teams they view as not deserving to be there (like George Mason, Butler, SIU, etc...)

[Braves4Life]

Conspiracy

And Billy Packer just said that it WASN'T a travel...unreal. I may be taking VromanFan's approach the rest of the tournament. I can't take it. Not only is is this a bad tournament, but now my intelligence is being insulted by a pompous @ss. Enough is enough.

i agree with your posts. it was a travel. seems many of these games have an official bias.

Sorry! I'm watching these game too and I just have not seen this "bias" that you conspiracy theorists are alluding to. It just seems to me that the better team steps up their game at "crunch-time".

There have been some bad and missed calls but that's just part of the game. Always has been/ always will be. Winners make plays when it counts.

I'll bet you all probably agree with the Clintons and their "vast right-wing conspiracy" theory too?!

[IlliBraves]

Just for the record, I hate liberals. But I definitely think the rules have been bended for the "better teams".

[BradleyBrave]

Re: Conspiracy

And Billy Packer just said that it WASN'T a travel...unreal. I may be taking VromanFan's approach the rest of the tournament. I can't take it. Not only is is this a bad tournament, but now my intelligence is being insulted by a pompous @ss. Enough is enough.

i agree with your posts. it was a travel. seems many of these games have an official bias.

Sorry! I'm watching these game too and I just have not seen this "bias" that you conspiracy theorists are alluding to. It just seems to me that the better team steps up their game at "crunch-time".

There have been some bad and missed calls but that's just part of the game. Always has been/ always will be. Winners make plays when it counts.

I'll bet you all probably agree with the Clintons and their "vast right-wing conspiracy" theory too?!

I don't think it's some elaborate 'conspiracy' in regards to the officials. I think they know who is playing and they know who 'should' win the game. They'll make the calls (or no-calls) to give the team that 'should' win the game every chance to do so. If that team doesn't win, then so be it. I think you're naive to think the officials don't know who is playing and don't know what is going on. I have talked to award-winning officials who have officiated championship games who have told me such things.