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Originally posted by BktBallRef
This statement just goes to show that you have no understanding of what you're talking about. The officials who officiate in the PAC-1o are the same officials who officiate in the Mountain West Conference, the Western Athletic Conference, and the Big Sky Conference.
Fans in the ACC and SEC complain about the same things that you describe. Let's face it, you're more objective when you watch other teams and other conferences, simply because you're a fanati..., I mean, fan.  [/B]
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I'll be the first one to admit my knowledge of the intricacies of officiating is non-existant. I know bad officiating when I see it though. I'm not talking about officiating that is tough, close, and could go either way, which I realize is most of the calls in D1. I'm talking about calls that are horribly late, missed, or wrong. Maybe other conferences are like this too, but it seems to me that for as long as I have been a college basketball fan, the PAC 10 has had some poor officiating. I know that the same officials work other conferences, but where am I going to see a MWC, WAC, or Big Sky game on TV?
I did some quick research, and I looked up free-throw attempts in the PAC-10, ACC, and SEC. This should have SOME SMALL correlation to the number of fouls called. These numbers represent conference schedule numbers, as of today.
ACC FTA: 4863
PAC 10 FTA: 4933
SEC FTA: 5751
I know I'm biased, but I honestly just want fair officiating that doesn't affect the game. Anyone who saw the Arizona at Stanford game knows how much the officials changed the outcome.
EDIT: The numbers I posted above lend no support to my statement that the PAC 10 has more fouls called than other conferences. I wouldn't have put it there if I did not realize this. Plus, I realize that any conclusion that can be made from these numbers is questionable. I posted those numbers because I thought they were interesting.
[Edited by wildcatman on Feb 20th, 2004 at 01:46 PM]