Duke/MD held ball calls

David B · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 27, 2005, 10:56am

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Originally posted by BktBallRef

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Originally posted by David B
Well the one that I really questioned was at the end when the guy from Duke clearly rebounded the FT (over the back) and then pushed the Md player off and layed it in for the basket.

Coach Williams almost came on the court after that miss.

And agreed, the contest was very physical and there were a lot of non-calls in my opinion that went to Duke toward the end of the game. Call it the home court advantage.

There may be a lot of reasons the call was missed. But the fact that Duke was playing at home was not one of them.

I am going to agree with all of you that I don't think any D1 official that I know of would give any kind of a "home field advantage", and I watch a LOT of basketball.

But Coach K has lots of pull and last night in the last three minutes of the game, I know of three or four calls that all went to Duke that were questionable. If might be just a freak, but it did make me wonder.

Even Dickie V (Mr. Duke himself) questioned a couple of them.

But, as we all know from calling games ourselves, it probably was just a matter of circumstance. I know of games where all of the calls just seem to go towards one team,

But, but with Coach K right in the officials ear and there was a no call, just makes you wonder doesn't it?

Just a thought.

Thanks
David