Worst officiated game in Tenn history

#51
#51
The game last night didn't look real. It looked like the basketball equivalent of the movie " The Longest Yard", and we were playing the guards. I know we aren't going to get every call, especially on the road but it was surreal. When you don't get to the foul line even once in the first half, it's a little sketchy.
 
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johnboyhunter said:
Yes there was definitely missed fouls and the ones towards the end were egregiously very bad, horrible, pathetic..

But can’t have it both ways either. TN-Alabama football game this year Alabama had a record number of penalties, something like 18 to TN much lower amount. Don’t see anyone complaining when it’s the other way.
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The difference is Alabama had roughly the same number of penalties vs Texas. They were an undisciplined team all season. This Tennessee basketball team has one of the best defenses in the country and didn’t look like it due to refs being whistle happy.
 
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VolPack22 said:
The difference is Alabama had roughly the same number of penalties vs Texas. They were an undisciplined team all season. This Tennessee basketball team has one of the best defenses in the country and didn’t look like it due to refs being whistle happy.
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Maybe the poster forgot about the 6-7 false starts on Alabama. Those are judgment calls too, right? 😂😂😂
 
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Sounds like a bunch of Kentucky sour Grape fans in here. Fouls were a reversal of what happened at our house last year. we lost because they shut our stud down and we were missing an important piece. Their D was better than expected. thought it was a GREAT game.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
Officiating has been awful in college sports for a while now.

It won’t change nor the NCAA cares enough.
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This is the problem with the NCAA tournament as well.
It is a matter of the luck of the draw and there is no set standards for the entire NCAA'
One conference throughout the year will call games one way and another Conference another way. Kids get use to the physical play in one conference and then once the tournament they draw REFs that their conference does not call it that way.

As for Barnes, he ensured with 6 seconds left in the game to address issues with each Ref. I think he had enough.

I think he will address this through channels in an official statement.

He worked the refs the entire game. He knows basketball and the rules. He does not want this to be the focus of why we lost. He will state what needs to be stated in Official Correspondence and put this game out of his memory and look forward.

He will not let this game affect the team and will move forward.

Barnes will handle it the Barnes way and he has a lot of clout.
Walk Softly and Carry a Big Damn Stick.
 
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2021 matchup:

Arizona attempted 31 2 pt FGs, 27 3 pt FGs, 18 FTs, and the only stat they won(besides TOs with 17) was 4 more assists.

Tennessee attempted 43 2 pt FGs, 24 3 pt FGs, 27 FTs, while winning on the glass to the tune of 16 offensive rebounds, more steals, and more blocks.

2022 matchup:

Arizona attempted 30 2pt FGs, 24 3 pt FGs, 27 FTs, won the rebounding battle(10 offensive rebounds) as well as TOs with 15.

Tennessee attempted 36 2 pt FGs, 27 3 pt FGs, and 10 FTs(all after the 25 minute mark), we won the TO battle again and held our own on the offensive glass(9 offensive rebounds).

We were just as physical, got into the paint more than them. 16th in the country at getting to the line and we don't get there until the 25 minute mark. That game was an officiating disgrace and a slap in the face to anyone that bothered tuning in(at 10:30 PM at that).
 
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Volfan574 said:
Can Barnes get this game looked at by NCAA and have it ruled as a No Contest since the refs were obviously showing favoritism? Keep our record at 1 loss. Arizona was allowed to play prison rules in this game while we weren’t. This was the worst officiated game I’ve seen us in this season. We deserve the L against Colorado, refs gave us this L against Arizona.
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I remember an interview by Nolan Richardson, after he retired from coaching Arkansas concerning officiating. Basically said it was corrupt. I don’t know if there is gambling money involved or what, but it is ruining the game, imho.
 
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ColinS said:
It is not uncommon for home teams to be allowed more physical play. Some are acting like they have never seen this before. It's almost a given.
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I’m not disputing this, I’m clearly saying there needs to be more accountability in all officiating. It makes all the games disinteresting.
 
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papatomany said:
The calls certainly favored Arizona, but this isn't even in my top 1000 worst officiated games of all time.
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I guess this is where I am as well. Phillips disappears, we get out of control numerous times (on defense too) we are missing a massive part of the team (JJJ), CLEARLY SV’s stroke still isn’t right, our center and enforcer acted like a rogue, and other stuff too. Yeah the refs were pretty bad too. And we were playing an extremely motivated, TOP TEN team on their home floor where they don’t lose often. All combined for a loss that will not hurt us.
 
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Honestly, I didn't think it was too bad. In fact, it was mostly good. Refs were mostly consistent and that's all you can ask for. The only issue for fans is was that they were consistently calling tick tack calls around the basket and we weren't driving to the basket ad Arizona was. That's why the free throw count seemed so lopsided. Sure the no call at the end was bad and inconsistent with how they officiated the game earlier. But I think its a joke to think its one of the worst officiated games one has ever seen. Not even close.
 
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UT’s two primary weaknesses under Barnes have been 1) not having an actual tough guy enforcer, not a pretend tough guy like Plavsic, that is willing and able to take the ball through someone’s face to cause a brief scrum and cause the officials to find their whistles again to avoid losing control of the game and 2) a guy who can get his own shot when it is needed. Ziegler is our toughest guy but doesn’t have the size to do what we need and I don’t think Phillips is quite ready to be the get his own shot guy, but Phillips has time to develop this year and maybe can be that guy down the stretch (though his performance last night is worrisome). All in all, the officiating was weak but great teams find a way to overcome it and UT wasn’t there last night - but still very close to pulling out a win.
 
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vol9799 said:
No, I want them to be consistent and competent. When they are not, I want to see them publicly reprimanded and embarrassed. When they are not: I want to see them, their supervisors, and the talking heads that blindly defend them drawn and quartered at halfcourt before the next game.

Is that really too much to ask???
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Can we go to your work and publicly embarrass you for messing up?
 
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whobethis16 said:
Can we go to your work and publicly embarrass you for messing up?
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Absolutely. Just as soon as I get 5-7 decades of free reign with no accountability whatsoever for my inconsistent, incompetent and sometimes unethical performance; then you are welcome to do that.

If I performed as poorly as these so called officials, I would be fired. That is how the free market handles accountability. Once accountability begins for officials, then I will quit criticizing them.
 
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vol9799 said:
Absolutely. Just as soon as I get 5-7 decades of free reign with no accountability whatsoever for my inconsistent, incompetent and sometimes unethical performance; then you are welcome to do that.

If I performed as poorly as these so called officials, I would be fired. That is how the free market handles accountability. Once accountability begins for officials, then I will quit criticizing them.
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Do people who've never read the rulebook, officiated the game, gone to rules clinics, taken exams on the rulebooks, etc that are applicable to your job have a say in if you're fired? Doubt it.
 
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whobethis16 said:
Do people who've never read the rulebook, officiated the game, gone to rules clinics, taken exams on the rulebooks, etc that are applicable to your job have a say in if you're fired? Doubt it.
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You just assume many of us have never officiated or watched years and years of basketball?

I just don’t agree with them not being subject to the press after games. Coaches have to answer them and try to explain, and their jobs are on the line, too.

When these guys have been doing it for years, there truly is no accountability.
 
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VolGee4 said:
You just assume many of us have never officiated or watched years and years of basketball?

I just don’t agree with them not being subject to the press after games. Coaches have to answer them and try to explain, and their jobs are on the line, too.

When these guys have been doing it for years, there truly is no accountability.
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Do you think you can do better? And if you do, what is prohibiting you from going through the process and doing it?
 
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whobethis16 said:
Do you think you can do better? And if you do, what is prohibiting you from going through the process and doing it?
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Nice response. Way to deflect. But just because I don’t do it doesn’t mean they do it well. That’s silly.

I’ve done it at a low level. Sure, it’s not easy, but some of these guys are awful. It’s why they aren’t subjected to the press. The product has stunk for a while.
 
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EtowahVol said:
Why even play. what a joke. Vesty get trucked going in to the basket and no call.
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I didn't think it was that bad until the end. They called a key foul against Arizona when they cleanly stole the ball from us. But the end of the game makes me wonder with you. We would have been shooting two with our best freethrow shooter and time to defend and shoot to win or tie with momentum on our side. That said we had plenty of chances to put that game away and shot ourselves in the foot.
 
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LVs got jobbed at Stanford this afternoon. Cardinal got 2 points off of an “administrative technical foul” called against TN. Stanford was responsible for filling out the official roster and substituted #53 for TN’s #54. TN did not discover the error and was charged with the technical foul. Close game too. That 2 points could be the difference. TN 58, Stanford 53. End of 3rd quarter.
 
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