From: jb118@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeffrey N. Burch)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Re: Kentucky over Indiana
Date: 5 Jan 93 16:21:49 GMT
Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute -- EOL

In article <1993Jan5.114426.10284@dg-rtp.dg.com> foerster@dg-rtp.dg.com writes:
>In article <1993Jan04.125632.2964@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>, suffridge@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Rick.Suffridge) writes:
>|> fehr@ms.uky.edu (Jeff Davis) writes:
>|> : Wes Morgan writes:
>|> : >Lots of "ticky-tacky" fouls were called; thanks to Kentucky's 
>|> : 
>|> : Lots of missed and blown fouls. My favorite: Mashburn's chest
>|> : fouling Henderson's elbow. Even my 12 year old daughter wondered
>|> : about that one. 
>|> : 
>|>   Or how about the last IU bucket when Damon Bailey stuck out his
>|>   knee to trip Rhodes and allow Cheaney to get by him?
>|> Richard D. Suffridge   803-791-6491  <suffridge@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>                                  
>Gee, since were on this thread:
>  a) How about the pushoff by Martinez on Nover to get a rebound and a put back
>     basket and no call was made

I have a tape of the game, and I've checked this, and I'd agree that 
Martinez didn't get called.

>  b) Martinez, the hack man, pushing Henderson in the back when he was going up
>     for a dunk and no intentional foul was called. They whistled Bailey for one
>     in the first half.

I didn't see this, though.  Thought it was a good no-call.

>  c) Martinez getting away with an obvious travel when he threw up a brick.

Maybe because it wasn't an obvious travel after all (except to Billy "Wide 
Eyes" Packer, who denied that an IU player mugged Riddick to stop a layup,
since "he was going for the ball".  Yeah, right.)  Carlus Groves got thrown
out of an SEC tournament game last year for doing the same thing, which
Packer conveniently forgot.

>  d) How about the pass that because of the wind currents in Freedom Hall took
>     a 40 degree turn out of bounds without being touched by anyone :):).

Packer again seemed to think that even Prickett thought he'd touched it.
I had no idea Billy was clairvoyant.  Reviewing the tape, it didn't appear
that Prickett touched the ball to me.

>  e) My personal favorite. Henderson gets fouled by who else Martinez, and Jim
>     Burr and Jody Sylvester the Cat confer for a second and then one 
>     indicates the basket counted and the other indicated it didn't. It wasn't
>     until after the first free-throw that we knew the basket didn't count.

Kentucky was just as confused as everyone else due to this bad officiating.
It's ridiculous when 2 refs confer, then instantly signal different calls
to the bench ref.  But you can hardly blame UK for their screw-up.

>I know we can go on but the point is the Kentucky fans have no more right to
>gripe than IU fans.

Be careful here.  Only a single poster thus far has complained significantly
about officiating.  Don't smear others for things they didn't do.

>The real key to the game: I think the Kentucky players just wanted it a little
>more. They sucked it up when they got tired and they won. Especially Travis
>Ford. He's the overall player of the game. No question about it. IU had momemtum
>swing there way when they took that 72-68 lead but Travis game down and answered
>with a 3 followed by Jamal's 3. 

Travis had a great game, no doubt about it.  When UK got behind, neither
he nor the other players panicked.

>Everyone questioned IU's game plan but they had no other choice. If we pull
>a big man out to get the Kentucky big man setting the screens we leave single
>coverage underneath. Yea, Kentucky only gets 2 points but there is a higher
>probability that they can draw an IU foul and with our depth we just can't 
>risk that. On the other hand, if Kentucky misses there 3's and IU knocks down
>75% of their free throws the game is a complete blowout..... Some days it 
>works and some days it don't.

What has the IU free-throw shooting been like this season, overall?  I 
always thought of them as one of the better FT shooting teams in the 
country, but they surely had an off-day last Sunday.

Kentucky relied heavily on its 3 point shooting against IU, and was
successful, but the lack of a consistent inside game against a smaller
Indiana frontcourt bodes ill for the future.  Some day the 3s won't
drop and unless UK can get reliable performances out of Dent, Riddick,
and Martinez, it'll be in trouble.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^  Dr. J(effrey Neil Burch)                 jb118@prism.gatech.edu    ^
^  Georgia Tech Research Institute                                    ^ 
^  Electro-Optics and Physical Sciences Laboratory                    ^
^  Atlanta, Ga.                                                       ^
^  30332                    Experience is what you get when           ^ 
^  404-894-3628              you don't read the fine print.           ^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college