From: schapple@nutmeg.. (Shawn Chapple)
Subject: Re: Duke-IU--the problem with basketball
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 02:14:51 GMT

In article <759@lfpd1.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> kdougan@lfpd1.DaytonOH.NCR.COM  
(Kelly Dougan) writes:
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> In article <1992Apr5.071235.20569@talon.ucs.orst.edu>
> navarrer@bionette.CGRB.ORST.EDU (Roy Navarre -- Botany and Plant  
Pathology)
> writes:
> >  I hate to see a game when one spends as much time watching the refs  
as the
> >  players. ASny sport which makes this possible has an inherent flaw in  
it. I
> though the DUKE-IU game was a perfect example of that. I though the
> officiating   completely took IU out of their rhythmn and hence game.  
Mostly
> by continous small calls which kept going against IU, but calls which  
added up
> in a HUGE way. I  think serious efforts need to be taken to imporve  
collegiate
> officiating NOW. The paying fans ought to make it clear that they are  
finished
> putting up with crap. Officiating varies so much fr>
> >om game to game it is sickening. This ruins so many excellent games. If
> >anyone reading this is pissed off also--BITCH to anyone who will  
listen. 
> 
>         I have to agree that this game was absolutely the worst  
officiated
> game I have ever seen.  I was at the game, in the 6th row, and I  
couldn't
> believe my eyes.  I've seen games where several bad calls by the refs  
really
> hurt a team, but I've never seen a game where the referees not only hurt  
the
> team with a few bad calls, but they completely took away all of IU's  
best
> players.  The referees gave IU no chance in the second half.  The  
Hoosiers
> were called for everything.  Christian went over the IU players back the
> entire second half, and only got called for it once.  Parks knocked an  
IU
> player to the floor to get him out of his way and didn't get called for  
it. 
> Justice was not served in that game.  IU appeared to be the better team  
that
> night, and they deserved to win. 
>         The thing that is really sad about the officiating is that these  
three
> gentleman are supposed to be 3 of the best 6 referees in the country.   
Now
> that is a scary thought.
> 
> Mr. Kelly Dougan

As an Indiana University fan I have to say that this was a bad officiating  
game.  I hope no one thinks that I am biased because I attend IU.  But  
just come off it if you think that I am.  Cheaney fouls out, Baily fouls  
out, Henderson fouls out.  Duke went to the line more times than any other  
team that I've seen in a while.  Bull just Bull  Indiana has always been  
an experienced well disciplined team thanks to Coach Bob Knight, so I  
hardly think that we deserved all of these fouls.  What makes me mad is  
that we were the better team.  We got called for all of those fouls and we  
only lost by three points.  Bob Knight got called for technical just  
because his bench jumped up in surprise when Duke didn't get called for a  
foul.  Come off it.  Something needs to be done because those referees  
caused Indiana University a NCAA championship.  But everyone knows that  
Indiana still had the better team that night.

From the Hooser Land
Shawn C.
Indiana University