Gottlieb (remember him?) takes a rip on MWC refs

[wildeone]

@GottliebShow Horrible officiating in MWC, total joke

@GottliebShow RT @BYU_Blue_Zone: @GottliebShow 9/10 you'd be right. -- that is y they are reffing in the MWC

nice to see more people seeing the crappy officials that are in our conference

[vancouvercougar]

The refs aren't crappy--they just have a tremendous anti BYU attitude.

[Schmoe]

Being anti-BYU is crappy.

[nuk13]

I haven't bought in on the bad refs complaint, but it is very puzzling to have a man score 52 points and only 1 of them come from the free throw line. About the only way that could happen is for that man to take all those shots with no one around him. I didn't see the game but was able to listen to a few minutes from ksl. In that short time they twice questioned non calls on Jimmer.

[snoscythe]

I take a rip in the MWC refs' general direction.

[Schmoe]

I haven't bought in on the bad refs complaint, but it is very puzzling to have a man score 52 points and only 1 of them come from the free throw line. About the only way that could happen is for that man to take all those shots with no one around him. I didn't see the game but was able to listen to a few minutes from ksl. In that short time they twice questioned non calls on Jimmer.

Again, if you go back and look at the treatment of guys like Harden and Teague, who were 'superstars' but not even POY (IIRC), and then look at the no-calls on Jimmer, it becomes pretty obvious.

[nuk13]

USA Today headlined BYU's win and Jimmer's 52 pointer and related the fact that he'd only been to the line once. Has any other sports reporting mentioned this?

[NebraskaCoug]

I haven't bought in on the bad refs complaint

Then you obviously didn't see either of the MWC games last night. Thank goodness for the mental and physical toughness of SDSU's team, because between the perrenial home-court advantage and the homer refs last night, UNLV almost stole a game they had no business winning. I actually thought the pro-UNLV bias was as bad or maybe worse than the anti-BYU bias in the previous game. And let's be clear that I am no SDSU fan.

I'm so glad to be leaving a conference that allows a single team to play the tournament that results in an autobid to the NCAA tournament on its home floor every year. I saw a stat that UNLV, prior to last night, was 16-4 on their home court in the MWC tournament--that is an astounding home court advantage!

[NebraskaCoug]

I haven't bought in on the bad refs complaint

prior to last night, was 16-4 on their home court in the MWC tournament--that is an astounding home court advantage!

I am too lazy to look up their actual seedings and wins and losses in the MWC tournament, but given that UNLV is usually in the upper-middle of the pack in the conference, and given that winning the tournament requires 3 wins, in the last 10 years, mathematically they have won 50% of the MWC tournaments. And I believe BYU has won it once in that span.

[nuk13]

I don't believe any school should have that kind of an advantage. A year or so ago there was discussion on this and $$$ was the big reason for having it in Vegas. I don't agree that money should be that important. This is not the pros. Something better than that should have been worked out. What arrangement does the wcc have? I sure hope it's at least a neutral sight but if not the conference winner.