I thought it got a bit too football-ish at times, but overall, the consistency was great. Some spots where I think a whistle would have helped, but as John Clougherty always said, "make your few errors errors of omission." I did think that Teddy V stepped up his calls a bit in the 2nd half, which IMO was a good thing.

He sure acted like it, and I mean that in the most positive way.

I thought the crew did a great job by not upgrading the Duke foul on Butlers drive to the rack! The result was worse than it originally appeared. The defender did a good job of catching up to the play & getting in front of the player vs. the foul from behind...

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The crew did a great job! They let both teams play to their strengths which made the game entertaining. They called what needed to be called and went on a little run of their own when the intensity and physicality were starting to cross the line.

As a fan, the officials were barely noticeable, which is what I think we all strive for.

I usually notice Teddy Ballgame during the regular season, but this time I really didn't notice him more than the others.

What would have it been had Howard made those 3 early shots from point blank range and had he not picked up his 4th so early? hmmm

Speak for yourself, amigo, it's not even on my list of goals. It's not even on my radar for possible goals in the future.

Misspoke a bit there, my bad. :cool: I think you sort of get what I was trying to say.

There was nothing in that game that made me notice the officials, or that made me say the guys really kicked that one. I had a rooting interest for Butler as I played against them back in the day and I really don't like Duke.

So what's the consensus on the screen by Howard at the end? Did he set the screen so that Singler had an opportunity to stop or change direction?

Methinks not.

That day was a while back, wasn't it!!:D

Rocky,

I am reluctant to do the math :)

You speaking about the half-court shot? I noticed a Duke player getting wiped out when watching one of the replays. No one way anyone would be whistling that.

Going back to Valentine's "soft" whistle, I was at a meeting once in which two officials were somewhat arguing about using your whistle to "sell a call". One said it was important to do so to appear assertive. The other said just the fact that he made the call was assertive enough. He went on that he didn't have "anything to prove" to the coaches or players about his calls and that when he made a call, that was all he needed to do. If a coach or player disagreed with his call, so what? It wasn't his responsibility to justify his calls to them.

I thought it was an interesting discussion.

That's not the point, is it? Was it a legal screen or not?

the pick jukes set for heyward that scheyer ran into? wooooooweeeeeeeeeee, that was a dandy!

I don't know, I only saw it once and I wasn't watching the action of those players, I only saw the aftermath.

How about posting a clip of the play?

I don't have a clip, but you can see highlights of the game here, and the final play is towards the end.