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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefIllini" data-source="post: 1432708" data-attributes="member: 588522"><p>This is by far my least favorite take in sports. There are about 100 other tangible things we could've done to win us the game that make more sense then more than a bad call or two. Kipper essentially gave the team a 7 pt play attempt (luckily only amounted to 3) for lack of control. Limit a couple turnovers, have an extra pass or two, or not commit real fouls once or twice, and we win that game. Those are all controllable aspects of the game that we could've done better, none of which would've involved us making some huge leap in talent or luck, just execution.</p><p></p><p>Now, admittedly, there are numerous times games have been decided by refs. Honestly, you could say the refs screwed us in probably half of our losses in the last year or two, mainly because they were all so close. Its confirmation bias to believe refs are only making bad calls against your team. At the end of the day, you cant control whether your bad calls amount to more compared to the other team, but you can play better basketball. Execution cost us the game, not the refs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefIllini, post: 1432708, member: 588522"] This is by far my least favorite take in sports. There are about 100 other tangible things we could've done to win us the game that make more sense then more than a bad call or two. Kipper essentially gave the team a 7 pt play attempt (luckily only amounted to 3) for lack of control. Limit a couple turnovers, have an extra pass or two, or not commit real fouls once or twice, and we win that game. Those are all controllable aspects of the game that we could've done better, none of which would've involved us making some huge leap in talent or luck, just execution. Now, admittedly, there are numerous times games have been decided by refs. Honestly, you could say the refs screwed us in probably half of our losses in the last year or two, mainly because they were all so close. Its confirmation bias to believe refs are only making bad calls against your team. At the end of the day, you cant control whether your bad calls amount to more compared to the other team, but you can play better basketball. Execution cost us the game, not the refs. [/QUOTE]
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