[bigwhistle]

The problems that happened in the UConn game, if you felt that there were problems, were not because of the abilities of the officials involved in the game. They are all very deserving officials. The problem was that for some reason they were not on the same page as a crew during that game. Any time that the crew is not in synch, it will make for a game that has problems.

This can be a very difficult situation to fix during the course of a game, especially when you have 3 strong willed and strong minded officials in the game. Nobody likes to think that the way they are calling the game is not the best way for that particular game to be officiated. However, in order for the game to be called at it's highest potential, egos must be set aside and happy mediums found in order that all officials are calling the game using the same basic criteria. This might mean that certain officials need to tighten their selection, or it might mean that they need to allow certain things to happen without whistles.

This clearly did not happen during this game.