I'm watching the game for the second time. Some things I've noticed:
Officials - I don't know the officials by name. But the black official tossed the ball. The shorter, white official with the bald spot administered the throw-in to start the second half.
Fouls on Augustine - Only ONE of the fouls called on Augustine had him fouling May. He was called for a block on Felton, he hacked Felton on a drive and then hacked Manuel for a foul, before pushing M. Williams with both hands for his 5th.
Give the foul to someone else - On his 4th foul, someone made the remark that the foul could have been called on another Illinois player. Not true! Powell had LGP and was standing strong. Augustine simply reached for the ball and hacked Manuel across the arm. No reson to give the foul to anyone else.
Contact - The officials allowed a lot of body contact and were consistent with it all night. They allowed contact on layups, drives and screens. But, they also allowed May to move at will with the ball in the paint. Most of the fouls were called when defenders used their hands.
Screens - There were many times the screener moved and the Carolina defender just moved around the screener or the secondary defender easily picked up the opponent.. But there were definitely some illegal screens. For example, Williams hit a 3 at the 14 minute mark where Powell completely blocked Felton with an illegal screen. It got worse later in the second half but I guess since the allowed body contact all game, they didn't want to call illegal screens late in the game. Still not sure I agree with the reasoning though, as some were very obvious. It's a good thing John Chaney wasn't coaching.
Overall - They let the kids play and let them decide the game.
Finally - I've never seen so damn many commercials in all my life!!!
