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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin" data-source="post: 1568436" data-attributes="member: 4069"><p>It was painful last year too. We were no where near as good through the non-conf as we were later.</p><p></p><p>This was the first game this season where I wanted to turn it off because the officiating was so bad. It was actually a combination of bad officiating that led to our guys standing around, not knowing if they could play ball without the refs stopping them. I think it was 9-3 at one point with like 12 minutes to play. You're not going to win a game on the road when they're in the double bonus that early. Dakich makes it worse, of course with his hap-hazard second-guessing and highly opinionated commentary.</p><p></p><p>As much as I didn't care for the officiating, it's something guys gotta get used to, and play through. I thought Underwood would call a time out to help them refocus, but it's hard to know what would have worked. They were out of rhythm for several minutes though, and had trouble battling back with the mistakes they made. Underwood didn't really go to the bench --basically a 7 man rotation, with Trent and Ayo essentially in the whole game.</p><p></p><p>One that got away, definitely, but our losses have all been to tournament caliber teams.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin, post: 1568436, member: 4069"] It was painful last year too. We were no where near as good through the non-conf as we were later. This was the first game this season where I wanted to turn it off because the officiating was so bad. It was actually a combination of bad officiating that led to our guys standing around, not knowing if they could play ball without the refs stopping them. I think it was 9-3 at one point with like 12 minutes to play. You're not going to win a game on the road when they're in the double bonus that early. Dakich makes it worse, of course with his hap-hazard second-guessing and highly opinionated commentary. As much as I didn't care for the officiating, it's something guys gotta get used to, and play through. I thought Underwood would call a time out to help them refocus, but it's hard to know what would have worked. They were out of rhythm for several minutes though, and had trouble battling back with the mistakes they made. Underwood didn't really go to the bench --basically a 7 man rotation, with Trent and Ayo essentially in the whole game. One that got away, definitely, but our losses have all been to tournament caliber teams. [/QUOTE]
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