Bilas: What I've Learned from November

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Jay Bilas: What I've learned from November's games - ESPN

"I learned that officiating in college basketball is better than it has ever been."

"I learned that the logic of Tennessee's Bruce Pearl is challenged when he draws a distinction between "violating the rules" and "cheating." In his situation, it's not smart to even try to draw such a distinction. The dictionary defines cheating as violating rules or regulations or practicing fraud or deceit. Apply the definition to the situation, and the argument is over. Pearl may believe that others are doing worse, and they may be. But a moral equivalence argument is not a winner. Nobody will buy it."

"I learned that the "Euro Step" is not a travel, and the officials need to catch up on that move."

"I learned that Duke is the best team in the country and is closer to its potential early in the season than any other team. It has been a long time since Mike Krzyzewski lost a game. The last time a Krzyzewski-coached team lost was March 3, to Maryland. That is 273 days without a loss (entering the Michigan State game)."

what a blowhard
 
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Officiating has been awful. Otherwise I agree with him.
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golfballs03 said:
Jay Bilas: What I've learned from November's games - ESPN

"I learned that officiating in college basketball is better than it has ever been."

"I learned that the logic of Tennessee's Bruce Pearl is challenged when he draws a distinction between "violating the rules" and "cheating." In his situation, it's not smart to even try to draw such a distinction. The dictionary defines cheating as violating rules or regulations or practicing fraud or deceit. Apply the definition to the situation, and the argument is over. Pearl may believe that others are doing worse, and they may be. But a moral equivalence argument is not a winner. Nobody will buy it."

"I learned that the "Euro Step" is not a travel, and the officials need to catch up on that move."

"I learned that Duke is the best team in the country and is closer to its potential early in the season than any other team. It has been a long time since Mike Krzyzewski lost a game. The last time a Krzyzewski-coached team lost was March 3, to Maryland. That is 273 days without a loss (entering the Michigan State game)."

what a blowhard
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He must have missed the KU vs. UCLA game last night.
 
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golfballs03 said:
Jay Bilas: What I've learned from November's games - ESPN

"I learned that officiating in college basketball is better than it has ever been."
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I learned Jay has lost more hair in since April.
I also learned that watching a free throw competition is boring and killing the game. Best ever officiating?????What a tool..:censored::finger3:

In the beginning of this thing with Pearl I was disappointed with Pearl but this lynch job everyone is doing now is urinating me off. I hope we win the SEC east, Go deep in both tourney's and they have to look at our coach and this basketball team until April. GO VOLS!!! Screw the rest of them...:finger3:
 
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Hate to say it, but I can't really argue with what Bilas is saying.
 
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i agree with him too except for the officiating statement. but he's still a blowhard.
 
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He's an overrated personality. Like KH in football. Screw em. Go Vols, Go Bruce. BTW, he's either being sarcastic ab the officiating, or he's even more clueless than I thought.
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I think the officiating overall is the same.

I think Duke is the best team in basketball.

I think pearl cheated.
 
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all of last season he did nothing but complain about how officiating was the worst he had ever seen. what happened!?
 
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Jay is wrong. The dictionary draws a distinction between lying and cheating. By lying, one may attempt to deceive, but lying is not always a bad thing. Deceiving the opposition is how you get ahead in some games. What Bruce did was to tell a lie. If he had cheated, he would have gained some unfair advantage on the other college coaches. Athletes who beef themselves up with steroids are cheating because they’re gaining an unfair advantage on their opponents. Then, of course, they lie about having taken steroids. Bruce did not gain any unfair advantage on the opposition by lying to an ncaa functionary. So, maybe he was a liar, but he was not a cheat.
 
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I don't know what games he's watching but the officiating is far from the best
 
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Officiating is at an all-time low. There have been numerous games with 50/60 fouls. It slows the games down, doesn't let any team get into an offensive rythm and makes watching basketball very difficult because of idiot broadcasters such as Vitale, Bilas, Rafferty, etc.

One thing about the officiating though, I think it only helps our team, because we want to play defense and slow games down. We aren't going to go out score a bunch of teams. We will make our money on the defensive end and the calls are making it very difficult for teams to find rythm (ala Villanova), and I think that will work for us this year if the calls remain the same.
 
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There is a big difference in lying and cheating, you could technically be doing something legal and lie, the lie in and of itself is wrong but the actions are't illegal, while if you cheat you are always in violation of the rules. I, also, would add I for one don't believe omission is a lie, maybe it is to many years of working in the intel world but I'm a firm believer it is more on the questioner to ask the right question to get the answers than for me the question to provide the info you are looking for. Just thought I throw that put there. As from what I know part of Pearls ordeal had some to do with omission. But hey when you grow up in an enviroment such as I did in the intel world are you really going to admitt to spying, hell no. So, I am sure that my sense of guilt about not being completly forth coming without you first showing I've been found out is far more scarred than most, and as I was trained in just answering the exact question you ask give nothing more nothing less than what you asked, and tell the truth but with hold any facts that are known iby anyone but you is okay. My defination of lying and cheating have been frame by the job i did in the Army and that it was engrained into me to apply the exact meanings to my situation when it suited me to do so, regardless of others view of it. So yes, I disagree with Bilas totally, regardless of looking through orange tinted glasses or not. I also disagree with him, Duke might just be the best team on paper but a team like Tennessee and the way they defend can very easily beat Duke, no repeats for the Blue Devils, this year. JMO. Not saying we are national champion material yet, we have flaws but it is all about how you play in March and April not now.
 
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The statement about officiating is a reflection on Bilas's style preference in basketball. he has never been a proponent of physical play that the game has morphed into over the past 20 years. He's always been a fan of the pure shooter and calling fouls by the book. Curtis Shaw is also a big proponent of this and he has taken over four conference's officials this year (Southland, OVC, CUSA, Big XII) and Im already noticing a big difference. Lots more ticky tack fouls are being called this year but the consistency has been there which is the most important thing to me.
 
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officiating across the board may be better in his eyes. I still think there is no consistency whatsoever with officiating at the 'AA level.

His moral equivalency quote is spot on.
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has there been an issue with the "euro step". I've never heard it mentioned on a college broadcast? not sure how it could get miscontrued as a travel, and is Bilas suggesting that before November he thought it was a travel?
 
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"I learned that the logic of Tennessee's Bruce Pearl is challenged when he draws a distinction between "violating the rules" and "cheating." In his situation, it's not smart to even try to draw such a distinction. The dictionary defines cheating as violating rules or regulations or practicing fraud or deceit. Apply the definition to the situation, and the argument is over. Pearl may believe that others are doing worse, and they may be. But a moral equivalence argument is not a winner. Nobody will buy it."


to most people cheating is done to gain some kind of competitive advantage. Technically this is not in the dictionary but it is the way the word is used.
 
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golfballs03 said:
has there been an issue with the "euro step". I've never heard it mentioned on a college broadcast? not sure how it could get miscontrued as a travel, and is Bilas suggesting that before November he thought it was a travel?
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I saw it get called traveling the other night against Kentucky. It gets called because that big second step looks out of rhythm.
 
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golfballs03 said:
Jay Bilas: What I've learned from November's games - ESPN

"I learned that Duke is the best team in the country and is closer to its potential early in the season than any other team. It has been a long time since Mike Krzyzewski lost a game. The last time a Krzyzewski-coached team lost was March 3, to Maryland. That is 273 days without a loss (entering the Michigan State game)."
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I learned that Jay Bilas can't put his affiliation with Duke University aside to be an impartial sports reporter.

Duke may be the best team in the country right now, but that means absolutely nothing on Dec. 3.
 
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