I don’t understand the officiating conspiracy theory. Some teams get more calls than others, period.
Dean Smith always got the calls @ UNC. Duke began getting the benefit of the doubt once Coach K turned the program around.
In football, TN received many calls back in the 90’s. Say what you want but we did (Syracuse is one example), as they could’ve been a non DPI call.
MJ got the calls during his tenure with the Bulls. Kobe and Lebron are two other examples.
Another example was in 2022 when TN beat Bama @ Neyland. It was the correct call, but Bama was called for DPI on a 4th down play that could’ve ended the game.
Refs get emotional so I agree they impacts their judgement. Are they biased, yes, and there are horrible calls every game. And tonight, there may be a blown call that goes against us. But I don’t think the game is rigged or fixed to go against us.
This basketball team has the reputation of playing physical and “in your face” defense. As a result, there are a lot of whistles. DK gets to the line often when he comes to the rim.