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Didn't see a "neither" option but went with NCAA game. Not really excited about it, though. I'd prefer to watch basketball instead of two teams playing street ball. If I wanted to watch ulitimate fighting, I'd tune in to it. Like many, the officiating is killing my interest. How at least a Flagrant 1 foul was not called when Kaminski got punched in the face is mind boggling!

I did what I could

Definitely a project player but lots of upside! Did I hear somewhere he was going to major in zoology?

Glad to oblige!

ESPN posted this article on the subject.

After watching a fair number of regular season and tournament games this year, I have just been amazed at the level of physical play that is allowed without calling fouls and then the ticky-tack types of fouls that DO get called. The hacking and holding and shoulder dipping that apparently ISN'T a foul is mind-boggling. It is especially egregious to watch offensive players INITIATE contact (not just on blocking/charging scenarios) and have the call go against the defense. So, I thought to myself "Well maybe it has always been this way and you just don't remember." So, I watched significant minutes of a couple of older but not ancient championship games online (2001 Arizona/Duke and 2003 Syracuse/Kansas). Certainly there is a level of physical play that goes on but it is NOTHING compared to the game today. Help me out here. What IS a foul today, anyway? I think the lack of an answer to that question in part explains why officiating is such a problem. They don't seem to know, either, so it is hard for them to call a good game. Thoughts?

Absolutely agree. I can't really think of any sport where I believe instant replay is really an overall asset to the game. Yes, they might occasionally reverse a call and get it "correct" but, mostly, they just disrupt and distract from the game.

Actually.......the Union movement was much stronger before that strike. The Railroad strike of 1877 effectively shut the nation's transportation system down. Even though it was Frick that hired the Pinkertons it was the labor union that the media and then the public blamed for the violence. Union membership plummeted after the event. It took quite a while for the union membership to recover from the Homestead strike. And if you look at statistics like wages, benefits, overall health and life-expectancy, unions are very valuable even when there isn't a monopoly. Personally I think not dying is a definite positive. Now in dealing with the Northwestern issue, the decision was only made by the regional NLRB. The university is appealing to the national NLRB and then if they lose there, you can count on the issue moving into the court system. So in reality, if this is going to have any affect at all it will be quite awhile from today. As well, the ruling doesn't even mention the NCAA, only the university and the issues the players are talking about are working conditions and health insurance to cover long-term injuries after they leave college. If things move forward I'm sure at least a stipend for the players will be involved. The players have historically received a stipend previously and the world didn't fall apart. It is just my opinion, but I see the NCAA becoming increasingly less relevant as super conferences want more control of the dollars and players demand to be allowed to join the discussion at the table. You make a good point about the influence of the Railroad Strike on the development of unions. The reason I chose the Homestead Strike was because it was a major shutdown actually called for BY a union. Fricke and Pinkertons were absolutely awful in how they responded.

Great indeed!

Interesting question! Unions are very valuable when a business entity is effectively a monopoly controlling access to employment and oppressive in the use of that monopoly against those who depend on it. Case in point would be the conflict between steel workers and Andrew Carnegie (and his lieutenant Henry Fricke) who controlled the only real jobs worth having at Carnegie's plant at the point of gunfire (the Pinkertons). It is known as the Homestead Steel Strike and took place in 1892. The result of all this effectively began unionization on a large scale in America. When the conditions mentioned aren't present, however, since the union doesn't really have the best interests of the business entity in mind, the union tends to pursue practices that ultimately harm the business entity. In the this case, I don't think an NCAA basketball program is BOTH a monopoly controlling access to employment AND oppressive to those who depend on it. In the long run, IMO, forming a union will be counterproductive for the well-being of the sport of college athletics. My two cents' worth.

Careful, Norm is also with the spleling polise! He's like Big Brothre!

I don't believe legally you can deny me access just because you've formed some union. Nebraska is a right to beer and pie state! But I'm no crusader hero. I don't want beer and pie thugs tossing empty Mrs. Smith's boxes all over my lawn or tying rotten apple cores to my cat's tail. I'll join if you just tell me how much the dues are. Never mind that you'll use the money to advance causes I don't believe in all they while my wife will have to wear her same thread-bare Husker sweater until we can scrape together enough recycled aluminum cans to buy her something from the thrift store. Oh, the depths we sink to just for beer and pie!

Norm, now see what you have done! You are about to turn this free market board into a collectivist society. Soon beer AND pie will be considered inalienable rights!

I love the enthusiasm but disagree. First, some things just happen but can't be manufactured. There were reasons why Wisconsin worked as a "No-Sit" game. Our team was playing well. We were playing for a spot in the Dance. A high seed in the B1G tournament was at stake. Wisconsin was a top of the line team coming in. It was the final home game of the season. We were protecting a stellar home court record. And, finally, the game itself was a great game that kept people standing. All of these things and more fed this marvelous, serendipitous moment that would be impossible to recreate without similar forces coming to bear. Second, while Creighton probably deserves a little more notice than we were giving it, it still is NOT a conference or historic foe. IMO we should not build this game up MORE than it deserves. It is an important game but it is JUST a game.

Didn't mention any of the players who are with the team but didn't see much action or were redshirted. Two in particular that excite me: Hawkins and, especially, Fuller. Both of these guys got us very excited when they signed and have a lot to offer. How good can they be?

When the clock operator error was discovered an attempt was made to correct the situation. The correction was to take time OFF the clock and end the game. Could they not just as easily have reset the circumstances to right after the made basket? Is this a judgment call on the part of the officials or are there rules about how it should be done? I don't know and would like to learn from it. It just SEEMS like an officiating error should be correctable with a preference to ending play on the court. I'm glad ISU got the win but I don't like how the game ended.

I will give Doug all the credit in the world as a very good player. It will be really nice playing them without him. Have to wonder how well Creighton will fare next year. I don't think their future is all that bright. Coach McDermont hasn't ever really shown any stellar capacity without Doug. It would not surprise me to see him use this year's success to get a pay raise - either at another school or using another school's interest to spur Creighton to kick in. In the end, I don't think he will succeed beyond Doug at a very high level. But I thought investing in Kaypro computers was a good idea, too, so ...

Since there was a clock operator error on the in bound play, I was surprised they didn't reset back to right after the made basket and give UNC the ball on the endline with 1.6 remaining. Don't really know what the rule on that sort of thing is but IMO that would have been a better end than the way it did happen.

+1 I remember us talking when Miles was hired what a good thing it would be for us that he was so successful other programs came trying to hire him. The same is equally true of his assistants. Great assistants will invariably be looked at by other schools as head coaches. And we ought to want assistants with the skills and aspirations to advance. Sure this will be a loss and a chore for Miles but this is a GOOD thing.

Didn't appear to me that their size made that much of a difference. They didn't dramatically out rebound us or block a bunch of shots. We drove into the lane and scored fairly well. Probably should have done that a lot more, though. Their post players did do well scoring against us, though -- especially from the FT line.

Have said this for years, even before we got into theB1G. Very physical league that gets hurt in the tournament. Guess we know now and will need to change. Not sure I agree. For years and years the Big East would have teams go deep into the tournament playing a VERY physical brand of ball. When did that change? Must have been between the Louisville win last year and the tournament this year. Also, our game wasn't all that physical today but fouls like the ones called on Rivers for just trying to hold position got called. IMO this was NOT a matter of style being penalized. It was a matter of refs doing an AWFUL job.

So what is the accrediting/oversight agency for officials in the NCAA and what influence would a coach/AD be able to exert? It seems like the cry for accountability is always voiced but I never hear about anything actually being DONE.

No way there should be a nearly 30 point difference just in free throw scoring. Hate to say refs cost a team the game ever but they did cost us this one.

Today is the day! Gotta hit some outside shots and defend. Drive it right at them and get them in foul trouble to minimize that length.