Paul Buker over at the Oregonian received a call about the bad officiating Monday night, as well, and he wrote a funny post: It's 7:20 a.m., and I get a call from an irate fan who thinks UTEP got hosed.
An excerpt:
Barbee, who was slapped with a technical with about seven minutes left in the game, said all of the right things in the post-game.
Which was funny, because what's going to happen if he absolutely blasts the officiating - the Gazelle Group fines him?
Which leads me to a thought: Is there any other sport where the way a game is called makes such a big difference in a game?
It's my main frustration with basketball. The refs are huge in basketball, and often can take over a game. There are just so many tough judgment calls in basketball. Calling a game tight, loose or biased makes a huge difference.
The only sport I can think of that even comes close is soccer. And that's just because there is so little scoring in soccer that one call can mean the game. But I still think refs have a bigger impact in basketball.
There are tough calls in football, but it seems there is not as much difference in how a game is called week to week.
But there's one thing everyone seems to agree on. The Miners are going to be getting the calls on Wednesday and Friday ... but it's up our rowdy crowd to make sure that's the case.
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