I appreciate you giving a civil counter argument without having to resort to sarcasm or insults just because we disagree. I never put people on this board on 'ignore' before until today. I'm here to have fun and civil discourse. Thanks for doing the same.
What happened at OSU was a terrible mistake. But if you're being honest with yourself, the people on the selection committee probably treated that game as an RU win. The committee flat out said that RU was left out because of their record and performance without Mawot Mag. And they were right. We weren't an NCAA team without him and it was proven when we couldn't even win a home game against Hofstra.
sorry my friend I 100% disagree with you. They said they would take it under conisderation but they clearly did not. There is no way we win 20 in last years B1G (with an additinoal road win to boot) and get left out of that tournament.
FSU was 13-0 in a power 5 conference and was still behind two teams with a loss. And for good reason.
c'mon thats football, there was only 4 teams (not 68) and quite honestly I didn't think they were top 4 but its a totally different topic
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doesnt matter. never called on anyone else, not sure why Derek is supposed to not do something other kids do all the time with no consequences...just to avoid a ref who clearly has Rutgers bias (he reffed Tominaga barely a week ago and didn't do squat about him 'inciting the crowd')
What is going on here??? I had to double check to make sure I was still on the RU message board
Was anyone at the game near the spot of the technical call on Simpson?
Maybe in your previous 35+ years of watching basketball, a player was never stupid enough to yell STFU at the fans while the ref was standing next to him.
I can't say my memory is flawless...but I have seen it lots of times...never a technical
OK we're at an impasse. Agree that Derick was selfish and stupid, but disagree on whether or not it warranted punishment. I will still drink your booze in September.
No. That allowed for 2 pts for Maryland. It was their ball anyway. The T did not allow the next 2 shots to go in for MD. Maybe it pumped them up but his magical shot pumped up RU who won the game.
FSU was not behind those teams for a good reason. No sport with a coherent or reasonable championship process uses a prediction about how good a team will be in the future as an input to selecting or seeding its championship tournament. This is what is being done when a committee takes it upon itself to try to decide how good a team will be post some injury rather than just using the results of the games that are played. Results are results and injuries are part of the game. Injuries should not be taken into account whatsoever in championship selection.
My point was that if an undefeated football team from a P5 conference can miss out on the playoff behind two one-loss teams because they are missing a key player, it's not far fetched that a basketball team with a 20-14 record from a P5 school missing a key player can be left out of the NCAA Tournament. But it didn't seem to resonate with anyone so we'll move on.
I agree with your premise, but Geo and Caleb did get Teed up for talking sh*t to opposing players at least once. Cliff as well. I don't recall it ever happening to RHJ. RHJ knew how to taunt without crossing the line. His reaction after the buzzer beater at Indiana is a good example. But my favorite was how after Cliff posterized Edey, he came up to Cliff and did the sign of the cross, lol.
if the refs didnt screw us at OSU (we WON that game...not even debatable) and B1G doesnt call the MSG win vs MSU a home game...we're in.
The non-call on Biruta getting mugged trying to catch the inbounds pass there was as infuriating to me as refs running off the court when SJU went out-of-bounds with time on the clock.
yep...we've been screwed like this so many times
Yeah, but this one is the greatest of them all. So many times I wanted to ask CVS how she allowed them to get away with it but I didn't have the nerve. And honestly, I thought less of Pat Summit for not having the integrity to say this was the clock keeper's error (i.e. cheating) and we lost. Then top it off with the referee letting it go and I've struggled to take women's basketball seriously ever since.
don't forget the St Johns player throwing the ball into the stands before time ran out.
yep...another massive game stealing situation
Every team has games where the refs walk off the court before the game is over. Its like every year you see that, especially in important conference tournament games.
