Biased SEC officiating

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The team needs to make more of its FTs, we know that. But here are some other numbers:

On the road against Vandy - UT shot 2 fewer.
On the road against OSU - UT shot 9 fewer.
On the road against Auburn - UT shot 13 fewer.

At home, no UT opponent has attempted more FTs than UT this year, and most of the time they have a significant edge there. I'm willing to bet UT gets to the line more times than South Carolina this weekend at home.

Is the team that much worse at drawing fouls on the road than at home? I bet UT isn't alone here - do home teams really draw more fouls, or are refs predisposed to calling more on the visiting team without being aware of it?

If I'm making something out of nothing, I'll shut up.
 
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There has been an ongoing bias consistently displayed by certain officials in the SEC. I am writing a letter to the SEC and to our AD to as them to address this problem or percieved problem. Here is the SEC contact informatin for anyone that may wish to contact the SEC.
www.secsports.com

If you saw the Auburn - Kentucky game last week, you saw an entirely different officiating than you did this week. You can criticize UT's performance down the stretch, but regardless of the outcome or performance of either team, the officiating should be unbiased. That is an implicit representation that the league and member teams make when they sell you a ticket. To not provide unbiased officiating is fraudulent. Most officials are not out to affect the outcome of a UT game, but there are clearly a few who, either conscientiously or not, will not give UT any close call.
 
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One explanation for our getting fewer foul calls *may* be that we launch more 3 pointers than most teams. We seem to take quite a few uncontested 3 pointers each game.
 
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wbarron said:
The team needs to make more of its FTs, we know that. But here are some other numbers:

On the road against Vandy - UT shot 2 fewer.
On the road against OSU - UT shot 9 fewer.
On the road against Auburn - UT shot 13 fewer.

At home, no UT opponent has attempted more FTs than UT this year, and most of the time they have a significant edge there. I'm willing to bet UT gets to the line more times than South Carolina this weekend at home.
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Using this logic, it sounds like every team, not just Tennessee, shoots less FTs on the road.
 
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utvol0427 said:
Using this logic, it sounds like every team, not just Tennessee, shoots less FTs on the road.
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And I think that's correct - not saying there's something against UT. Maybe it's because I look for it, but it seems that home teams almost ALWAYS have fewer fouls than visiting teams. And it seems ridiculous that it keeps happening again and again.

The point about shooting 3s makes sense too - but I also saw quite a few drives to the hoop where a foul wasn't called.
 
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I agree, the officiating was bad and it surely cost UT any chance to win the game. But, when you let a team outscore you 18-0 at one point than you can't blame the refs for that loss. We are seeing the growing pains of having several key freshman players. Too many 3-pt. attempts and not enough made foul shots is killing them right now.
 
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I'm sure teams feel the same way at TBA periodically.Whatever the formula for winning is we had better re-discover it or we'll be on the outside looking in come tournament time.
 
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Home teams usually seem to get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to fouls for whatever reason. As for UT, I think a lot of the problem is that the wrong players are getting to the line. I can't remember the last time I saw J Smith attempt a free throw. That guy needs to take the ball to the rack and get to the line. I read somewhere that during this 3 game skid UT is shooting 43% from the line and that just won't get it done in the SEC or any decent conference.
 
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holdemvol said:
That guy needs to take the ball to the rack and get to the line.
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I agree 100% with that. I asked in one game thread if Jujuan was even capable of driving to the basket and scoring. It's been a while since I've seen him do it.
 
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OWB said:
I agree 100% with that. I asked in one game thread if Jujuan was even capable of driving to the basket and scoring. It's been a while since I've seen him do it.
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He's got the athletic ability to do it. He is twice as athletic as Lofton, yet Chris is driving the ball quite a bit while Smith sits back and jacks up 3's. I to sound like I am bashing him but he has become 1 dimensional and has not been very good at that 1 dimension as of late.
 
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holdemvol said:
He's got the athletic ability to do it. He is twice as athletic as Lofton, yet Chris is driving the ball quite a bit while Smith sits back and jacks up 3's. I to sound like I am bashing him but he has become 1 dimensional and has not been very good at that 1 dimension as of late.
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I don't see it as bashing him at all, it's a good point. If nothing else, he could mix it up a little. Fake the 3, drive, and dish or shoot.

I will say this though, when Jujuan and Chris are both hitting their 3's, it's a fun thing to watch.
 
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holdemvol said:
He's got the athletic ability to do it. He is twice as athletic as Lofton, yet Chris is driving the ball quite a bit while Smith sits back and jacks up 3's. I to sound like I am bashing him but he has become 1 dimensional and has not been very good at that 1 dimension as of late.
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I agree. JuJuan has got do something else rather than jack up 3's. I think JuJuan is a great athlete and he needs to use that to his advantage.
 
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It sure is. And you are right, if he was even a threat to drive the ball it would do wonders for his game.
 
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Also our coverage on them when they were bringing the ball in back court last night kind of backfired on us as well.They kept breaking that initial press and they were off and running, our guys frozen in their back court.
 
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utfantilidie said:
Also our coverage on them when they were bringing the ball in back court last night kind of backfired on us as well.They kept breaking that initial press and they were off and running, our guys frozen in their back court.
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Full court pressure can burn you for sure if you don't cause problems or at least some hesitation on the first couple of passes.
 
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If your 2 guard and your post player get knocked to the floor on a so called "block" the officials should call a foul.
 
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UTbasketballfan said:
I agree. JuJuan has got do something else rather than jack up 3's. I think JuJuan is a great athlete and he needs to use that to his advantage.
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I have been very dissappointed in JSmith the past few games. He is playing completely out of control. He is always driving down, pulling some harlem globetrotters move, then throwing the ball away.

And what ever happened to not leaving your feet to pass the ball? I've even seen Bradshaw do it some.
 
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The Vols have really had some questionable officiating in the last two games, that's for sure.
 
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OWB said:
The Vols have really had some questionable officiating in the last two games, that's for sure.
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Officiating has been questionable at best the last couple of games, but I think we would all agree that if we shot better than 43% from the free throw line over this 3 game skid officiating would be a non factor.
 
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