2018-2019 College Basketball thread/NCAA Tournament Talk

Yes. That was absolutely a blown call - as the Bryce Brown foul might have also been (I didn’t rewatch it, tbh) - and which would have made any questions as to the final shot / foul moot.

But he’s not arguing the correctness of calls, the quality or consistency of officiating, or even right or wrong - he’s [itch bay]ing that Auburn lost.

The rest is just semantics.

 

It is so very typical of the NCAA to come out and defend the foul call and then not address the double dribble.

 

You are inventing qualifiers that do not - and should not - matter, or even exist.

It’s convenient to do, and not entirely an unreasonable thing to expect, but it still isn’t correct, and no argument can make it so.

It is what it is, RH.

 

What bullshit. I believe you’re better than this but maybe I’m wrong. My argument is clear and while I’d obviously not complain if Auburn was the beneficiary (like any fan), my position would be exactly the same.

 

What’s to be said in the defense of the indefensible?

Other than your last dozen or so posts, I mean.

 

I’m not sure you could possibly be more plainly wrong about anything than saying those qualifiers don’t exist. They do. Anybody with half a damn brain knows this.

 

And you’d be just as badly wrong as you are now.

I don’t know how much more I can say, and which would prove helpful to you.

Maybe go back through and re-read it all again, later?

 

Point me to these qualifiers in the rules, RH.

Cite them.

 

You’re position is silly and ignorant of the way the game works and while I wouldn’t expect anybody here to acknowledge it because it’s me and it’s Auburn, everyone here knows it.

 

FFS. Stop trolling.

 

I’ve articulated my position, and the means and path to support it.

I’m happy to defend any portion of it, once you explain any weakness in it.

 

Well, the overarching weakness is that it’s completely ignorant of how college basketball (plus college football and a lot of other things) are officiated. They aren’t officiated strictly based on the rule book. Everyone except for you seems to understand this.

We can’t have a serious conversation until you can understand that.

 

It's not trolling. You are asking for the rules to not be rules at arbitrary times. No. You should be focusing on the uncalled double dribble.

 

Auburn fan arguing rules is rich.

 

How could this "beyond the rule book" system ever be managed, evaluated, or be made fair? I have been complaining for years about exactly the system you are sitting here championing and lamenting having failed you. No shit it failed you. You aren't the 1 seed. In that situation, the 1 seed gets the whistle in the unwritten rules. Don't you like unwritten rules?

 

Auburn fans are making it easy for them by talking about unwritten rules.

 

That is not at all what I’m asking for.

 

I expect it from Tenny but I think you’re better than this. Why is this hard? Can we talk about holding in college football? It’s the same thing.

 

And you are arguing that they should continue not to call holds.

 

This actually is starting to piss me off. You want to talk about "unwritten rules" and pretend like that is a reasonable position? No, I am not better than calling "unwritten rules" bullshit. In fact, I'm a snake in a wagon wheel rut when it comes to that stuff. In anything.