Wisconsin vs. Duke - National Championship - Master Thread

[Rich]

Getting ready to hop in the car and head to Indianapolis. Time to be a fanboy.

Thanks to the Kentucky fans who sold us their tickets for well under face value, too. LOL.

If I get any kind of a signal in the building, I'll post video requests, observations, etc. via Tapatalk.

[Mark Padgett]

This is a little ironic. At the assisted living center where I reside here in Portland, we have a rabbi whose last name is Kaminsky. Since he's about 5'7", I don't think he ever played college basketball. Maybe he was on the team at rabbinical school, though.


No relation.

[JRutledge]

Frank K went to a Catholic School in Lisle, Illinois.

Peace

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

This is a little ironic. At the assisted living center where I reside here in Portland, we have a rabbi whose last name is Kaminsky. Since he's about 5'7"...

So you don't think he's one of the surviving Nephilim, eh?

[BlueDevilRef]

Originally Posted by Rich

Getting ready to hop in the car and head to Indianapolis. Time to be a fanboy.

Thanks to the Kentucky fans who sold us their tickets for well under face value, too. LOL.

If I get any kind of a signal in the building, I'll post video requests, observations, etc. via Tapatalk.

Pray tell, for which team do you plan to be a fanboy?

As one might infer, I'm a Duke fan. It's awesome they are in this game and I'm hoping for another win over Wisconsin. I'm leery of the way Frank K and Dekker are playing right now but I really think Duke wins this tonight in a tight game. I would much rather them win in a blowout but a win is a win.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

Pray tell, for which team do you plan to be a fanboy?

As one might infer, I'm a Duke fan. It's awesome they are in this game and I'm hoping for another win over Wisconsin. I'm leery of the way Frank K and Dekker are playing right now but I really think Duke wins this tonight in a tight game. I would much rather them win in a blowout but a win is a win.

I'm about 1000% sure Rich won't be rooting for coach Krewshawoooski tonight.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

Pray tell, for which team do you plan to be a fanboy?

As one might infer, I'm a Duke fan. It's awesome they are in this game and I'm hoping for another win over Wisconsin. I'm leery of the way Frank K and Dekker are playing right now but I really think Duke wins this tonight in a tight game. I would much rather them win in a blowout but a win is a win.

The only big question is if UW will be able to flop as much as Duke!

[chymechowder]

If an official in the D1 championship can change his mind on a foul mid-signal, it makes me feel less bad about doing it now and then

Lead changes mind from Rich Harrington on Vimeo.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by chymechowder

If an official in the D1 championship can change his mind on a foul mid-signal, it makes me feel less bad about doing it now and then

Lead changes mind from Rich Harrington on Vimeo.

You're right about that. They're human too.

[JRutledge]

Sorry I do not have the time.

Very first Wisconsin foul in the second half.

The Duke player lowered his shoulder and then got a foul call on the shooting motion. It was somewhere in the 18:00 range. Should be easy to find.

Peace

[BlueDevilRef]

Anyone who actually believes that call was anything other than a defender sticking his nose into a shooter needs his/her head examined. That's just crap to think that is anything other than a standard basketball play

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

Anyone who actually believes that call was anything other than a defender sticking his nose into a shooter needs his/her head examined. That's just crap to think that is anything other than a standard basketball play

I agree with you 100% and I'm a Badgers fan.

[Rich]

The NCAA and Adams don't seem to be parting on the best terms. He wanted to continue in the job and they wanted someone new.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Rich

The NCAA and Adams don't seem to be parting on the best terms. He wanted to continue in the job and they wanted someone new.

That would not surprise me. Just from hearing different things I know not all veteran officials nor conference supervisors were happy with some of the direction he was taking the Men's side, especially as it applied to play-calling and some floor mechanics.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

This has turned into a massive mess.



Dan Gavitt, the NCAA's vice president of the men's basketball championship, said on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" on Wednesday that officials actually did see the same video replay that viewers at home saw on the questionable out-of-bounds call in the national title game, contradicting what John Adams, the NCAA's supervisor of officials, had said Tuesday.

NCAA VP says officials actually did see replay angle of disputed out-of-bounds call in Duke-Wisconsin title game

Originally Posted by Rich

The NCAA and Adams don't seem to be parting on the best terms. He wanted to continue in the job and they wanted someone new.

Could this controversy be manufactured by one side or the other as a result of a bad break-up?

Adams saying the system Gavitt and the NCAA purchased is inferior.

Gavitt saying the Adam's officials didn't complete the job.