PAC 10 Officiating

[wildcatman]

I am a University of Arizona Alum, and a big fan of college basketball, especially PAC-10 basketball. I am not a fan, however, of PAC-10 officiating. I realize that this may be an old topic on this forum, but the officiating needs to improve. The PAC-10 has more bad or missed calls than any other conference, and here is a news article about a few:

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/wildcats/9469.php

In a close game like the Arizona at Stanford game, bad officiating can drastically affect the outcome. Even though Arizona could have played better in the first half, I truly believe that better calls would have resulted in Arizona winning that game. And by better calls I don't mean biased towards Arizona, I mean better as in accurate, fair, and correct calls.

Last night was another example. The officiating at the Arizona at Oregon game was poor, and the most glaring mistake was the foul called on Hassan Adams on a clean block he had. Adams was three feet away from Luke Jackson, Jackson was planted, and the ball was swatted cleanly away. If I performed at my job like some of the PAC 10 officials do at theirs, I would be fired. There must be some way to improve the quality and consistency of the officiating, and I'm hoping someone here has some ideas.