Final score: Illinois State 82 Bradley 71

[Tommy]

When I saw the crew that was calling the game I knew it would not be good for Bradley. The T on Zek proved how biased they were last night. Bradley made more field goals in the game and more rebounds, ISU shot a lot more free throws , something like 27 to 10. These refs are a complete disgrace to the game.

Could not agree more.

[LittleBrave]

Could not agree more.

I did notice a couple calls go Bradley's way when they were mounting the late comeback - or should I say "no-calls" where we may have fouled to get a steal. Or maybe I was just assuming that the refs were going to blow the whistle if a BU player's shadow hit any part of a Redbird...or their shadow. LOL

[egib52]

replay of Zek's technical foul:
Zek Montgomery Technical Foul - 2/19/25 - Bradley vs Illinois State

Initially called as a T on Boser of ISU for taunting, refs reviewed the footage for several minutes and somehow decided to call an additional T on Zek making them offset and giving possession back to ISU.
This at a critical moment of the game when a BU comeback was mounting. 2 free throws for Zek and the ball back could have led to a Bradley lead in the 2nd half.
BU couldn't cut the deficit below 4 for the rest of the game.

Thanks guys. That is insane! Probably good I was not watching at that moment. There is no reason that at this level, with the amount of money now involved in these games, that the officiating should be so poor.

[Da Coach]

Check out this picture from the ISU post-game press conference - https://x.com/tmlemaster/status/1892418014940742073


What is interesting is that Johnny Kinziger did have the blood dripping down the left side of his face following the collision with Zek. He initiated that contact, which is why there was no foul called on Zek, even after a video review. If anything, I though there should have been a foul on Kinziger, since he dived into Zek, and caused their heads to collide. But another missed call.
But, Kinziger did get his wound treated in their dressing room during the game, and eventually returned to the game with all the blood wiped off his face, and no more bleeding or blood running down his face for the remainder of the game.
Yet, in that post-game picture, we see him with the same dripping of blood, which means he must have reopened the wound to get the bleeding effect going just for the cameras.

[tomahawk chop]

These 3 refs ,Heimerman, Smith and Crenshaw are terrible period. Heimerman for whatever reason has consistently been biased against Bradley for a very long time. For whatever reason they let that guy officiate Tour. games so to me it is not how good you are but who you know.

[red#185]

Kinzinger “I went for the steal and I think we bumped heads”. Montgomery agreed with Kinzinger’s assessment of an accidental crash of craniums. “I was posting up. I tried to drive and we just butted heads”.

[Tommy]

These 3 refs ,Heimerman, Smith and Crenshaw are terrible period. Heimerman for whatever reason has consistently been biased against Bradley for a very long time. For whatever reason they let that guy officiate Tour. games so to me it is not how good you are but who you know.

Yes, he is clearly biased. When you recognize a referee and immediately say, 'that's not good' when you see him, you know he's made himself too obvious to be a good referee (aka Jerry Pollard- everyone knows his name).

[Da Coach]

Yes, he is clearly biased. When you recognize a referee and immediately say, 'that's not good' when you see him, you know he's made himself too obvious to be a good referee (aka Jerry Pollard- everyone knows his name).

Or this guy that everyone will remember- Gary Maxwell - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...t506405

For some reason, Bradley seems to have lucked out and not gotten Maxwell for any games this year. Maybe that is by design. The MVC makes the decision about assigning officials, and they know about the past issues between Wardle and Maxwell.
It looks like he does mostly Big 12 games, but he does do some MVC games. He officiated a couple games at Northern Iowa this season.
>> https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-...boxscore/16523
>> https://omavs.com/sports/mens-basket...boxscore/18830

[tomahawk chop]

Yes, he is clearly biased. When you recognize a referee and immediately say, 'that's not good' when you see him, you know he's made himself too obvious to be a good referee (aka Jerry Pollard- everyone knows his name).

I thought Pollard was bad back when Les was coaching but for whatever reason was better once Brian took over the program.

[Dubl R 1]

Another one I used to hate see doing our games was Mike Sanzere.....I always thought we got the worse end of it while he was officiating.

[Fan1958]

I thought the officiating was pretty decent the first half. They were letting them play and only 5 fouls each team. Then the second half a total of 30,
18 BU 12 ISU. It made me wonder, what do officials discuss at half-time? Do they view video and or stats? Do they have and adjust a game plan? Are there
officiating stats like #of fouls, types of fouls, Ts, etc?

[tomahawk chop]

Another one I used to hate see doing our games was Mike Sanzere.....I always thought we got the worse end of it while he was officiating.

That guy was terrible too along with Tim Hutcheson.

[Tommy]

Or this guy that everyone will remember- Gary Maxwell - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sports-forums/basketball-fan-talk/506253-final-score-bradley-78-indiana-state-67?p=506405#post506405

For some reason, Bradley seems to have lucked out and not gotten Maxwell for any games this year. Maybe that is by design. The MVC makes the decision about assigning officials, and they know about the past issues between Wardle and Maxwell.
It looks like he does mostly Big 12 games, but he does do some MVC games. He officiated a couple games at Northern Iowa this season.
>> https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-...boxscore/16523
>> https://omavs.com/sports/mens-basket...boxscore/18830

Oh yes! Good call! He was a narcissist. Absolutely terrible ref!