From: 00bjgood@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Re: Duke-IU--the problem with basketball
Date: 8 Apr 92 22:57:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: bsu-ucs.1992Apr8.175758.5895

In article <1992Apr5.065753.20092@talon.ucs.orst.edu>, navarrer@bionette.CGRB.ORST.EDU (Roy Navarre -- Botany and Plant Pathology) writes:
> A decent game, but hardly a greatgood one. I am amazed Knight kept his cool in
> the newsconference after the game. I really thought he was (rightly) going to
> rip the officiating. Course, I'll probably read the paper tomorrow and find out
> he went on a late night rampage. :)
> 
> From what I saw the various CBS people thought the officiating was good. I foundthat hard to believe. I though packer should have ripped a couple of calls--instead nothing. We went from Bill Walton ripping (wrongly!) Brown for various things including taking Shaq out (when shaq asked to be taken out) to packer being a
> yes man and not getting on any of the controversial calls! Reminds me of when
> Woody Hayes hit the player and the color people played it down. What about the
> foul against ANderson (on Laettner) when the two IU players were clearly standing still with their arms straight in the air and Laettner tried to split them?
> Not a peep out of CBS. There were similar calls all night that deserved comment on. Most against IU. Duke goes to the line 42 times? Give me a break. Cheaney
> picks up 4 offensive fouls?????? 4 IU players foul out?????? Bailey picks up
> 3 or 4 reach in fouls????????  Duke goes to the line 42 times??????
> Knight gets a technical for his bench jumping up??????????? Duke goes to the line 42 times?  And CBS doesnt even bother to comment?  If thats the best they can
> do lets let ESPN do it each year. Or one of the other networks. Another thing that really st4eamed me about CBS's coverage was that they had been saying throughout the game "an interview with Shaq after the game". So Im thinking yea! The
> Shaqster to speak.  Right before the last commercial CBS says we will be back
> with the Shaq interview. They come back and chat for 2 minutes with the four
> CBS clowns (ok one of em wasnt a clown) then say sorry no time for the Shaq
> interview. Now this is just minutes after going to a commercial when they said we will be back with the shaq interview. *&(*&(^^(*(&^&*&^&^*#$%$*&^ CBS!!!
>   Then there post game interviews were very Shakey. Nothing on IU. How about
>   Q
>   some serious post game analysis guys?:
> 
> More on next post--continued
> Roy
> cc: GIDI
	I totally agree, the officiating was horible.  I am an IU fan, and am
slightly biases, but I feel Duke got the wide majority of the calls throughout
the tournament.  It was even more obvious in the IU game.  How many times has
Indiana had four players foul out of one game this year? NONE, and the way
they screwed Bailey was terrible.  Michigan got more of the same in the 
championship game, although it seemed they were overmached anyway.  And as
far as CBS is concerned, Duke was going to be the national champs before the
season even started.  The Final Four pregame was all Duke, nothing about 
Indiana.  Indiana, Michigan, and even Kentucky were playing 5 on 8 (including
the officials), and 5 on 9 (if you include Billy Packers announcing). Is 
Laettner his illegitimate son or what.  I guess CBS wants good ratings more 
than a good tournament.
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