[JRutledge]

He fouled out with 2:09 remaining.

Mouton asked Valentine to explain to him the nature of the foul and two sources said the official replied by cursing Mouton.

"It was a tough call at that point in the game," Mouton said. "I was playing my heart out, and it hurt because I wouldn't be around to help my team win the game."

For one, this is not the NBA. What is a player even doing talking to an official at this level? Does anyone remember Rasheed Wallace getting the amount of Ts he does now at the NBA. Does anyone remember the Ron Artest given the St. John's crowd the finger when he was fouled out of a game? Or any crowd for that matter when he played in the Big East?

If that is what this is all about, then Valentine did him a favor and not T'ing his behind for even having the audacity or gall to approach an official about a call.

I had a game this year where a player went after an official about one of his calls. When the official got basically in the face of the kid, the coach got upset that the official said something to his player. And then said to me (I was standing in front of the coach), "he cannot say anything to my player." Not anything about the kid behavior or why the official responded to the kid in the first place. He got upset that the official did not T this kid and had words with him. Adults have gone crazy I tell you.

Peace