High Knees Referee Gets Collins

[hdhntr1]

Nope. I just watched the video. UW was dribbling the ball up the floor and had just crossed half court when the first T got called. Remember that we were wearing white uniforms on the road for this one.

Thanks. I thought it was when he had the ball but I did not rewatch. Normally after FTs possession goes the other way but after tech it is two and the ball. 6 pts ended up scored before we got the ball back. End result it was 4 points more than they would have scored but 6 pts on possession

 

[hdhntr1]

And do you attribute that to

a) our style of play
b) some sort of mass ref bias against Northwestern
c) some sort of mass ref bias against our players
d) some sort of mass ref bias against our coaches
e) widespread bribing of the referees by other schools or gamblers
f) bad luck
g) the physical limitations of our players to prevent them from fouling
h) other

More like a combination. Maybe it is long term reputation assuming we aren't as good as we have become, A bad call against us doesnt carry the same recognition by the league that other programs do, Maybe even we get more games with the bad refs than other teams.

Reality is we likely have a lot less margin for error than other programs because even though we have gotten substantially better and more competitive than we were in the past, we are still on the short end talent wise and a bad call or series of them are much harder to overcome

 

[CoralSpringsCat]

 

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[loyolacat]

well some people just like to have the power to do the " Im gonna get you" dance. or the "look at me" dance or the "Im the everything, youre nothing " dance. Remind you of anyone? They should probably do psychiatric evaluations for refs.....and maybe other positions of power.

 

[combes]

Here’s a crazy fact: According to kenpom, Anderson is rated as the third best official in all of college basketball. Yikes

Every fan base cringes when he is one of the officials for their game.

 

[DaCat]

Here’s a crazy fact: According to kenpom, Anderson is rated as the third best official in all of college basketball. Yikes

Every fan base cringes when he is one of the officials for their game.

kenpom should be embarrassed by their algorithm

 

[CappyNU]

Kenpom's algorithm isn't really an algorithm. He has said that he assumes that officials with more experience and that are seen as better officials would logically be assigned to bigger games, so he uses his Thrill Score games as a proxy for the referee ratings.

This year he also includes how much more or less likely refs are to call fouls compared to the average official. High Knees ranks as the 2nd-highest of the top 40 when it comes to calling fouls, behind only Paul Szelc. Larry Scirotto is 3rd-highest...

 

[EagerFan]

Boy, if only they were actually calling actual fouls on both sides of the court every game, they might not suck.