Comments on: Tech coach fluent in sarcasm after loss

By: scott

scott — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:52:02 +0000

As far as the refs…all big 12 teams should be mad…most inconsistent in the game..they call the imaginary pro bball fowl…guy can be 2 feet away and he still gets called…two bodies go up and the ref automatically blows and calls something..anything. Ive seen them all blow the whistle and then stand and stare at one another multiple times…must of been a fowl wasnt there?Had to be.
A s far as the team…wow…speechless. Eric Murray is lets say 7 feet…his arms probably make him close to 10 feet. He gets the ball on that little charging half circle thing, turns around, and when the ball leaves his hand his hand is literally 3 inches from the rim………………………………………………………………………..and he misses.By alot.This kind of crap cost them in the first half against Kansas St..at least 8 points. Not all just Murray, Kilicli has probably lost 50 points this year from the dreaded lay up brick. Staten has capped more beautiful drives to the bucket with bricks than a union mason.It would be funny if i wasnt sitting there in my lucky gold sweatshirt and mounty jammies. I gave up ever shooting fowl shots 5 years ago. They are all pressing…have been all year.The kid from Indey is gonna be something in a couple years.I,ll keep watchin and rootin ….let s goo mounties

By: PC

PC — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:01:54 +0000

Oh, really, Go back and take a look at the stats in the Eastern Kentucky game. Check the foul points disparty in that game and ask the EKU coach (Neubauer?) who really got hosed!!

By: Hop'sHip

Hop'sHip — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:12:50 +0000

Something I don’t understand. And I admit not being the most knowledgable fan. But after the game, Coach proclaimed Gary Browne as being the most proficient at getting Deniz the ball in position to score. Yet it seemed to me that Gary kept trying to force the ball in, resulting in turnovers. In fact the boxscore shows him finishing with three TOs and only two assists. Actually, I thought Murray, in the second half, was most effective in getting Deniz the ball. But that leads me to my question exposing my admitted lack of understanding. When is an assist awarded?

By: GregG

GregG — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:54:06 +0000

I myself haven’t cared much for Big 12 officating, but with that said I can’t blame coach Walker for his “sarcasm”. Kilicli gets by with with alot on both ends of the court. I’m not going to beat the kid up, but anyone that knows anything about basketball knows Kilicli has gotten by pretty easy. What use to be known as the 3 second rule, the boy has turned into the homesteading act.

By: keno bill

keno bill — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:21:57 +0000

Henderson may be a defensive liability but his scoring will offset it. His defense will get bettet if he plays.

By: Wemakerain

Wemakerain — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:24:44 +0000

I would like to add WVU didn’t have any flagrant or intentional fouls, which shows tech’s inexperience and youth. It’s hard to say your team wasn’t fouling when most of the fouls called were blatantly obvious. However, we got the short end of the stick enough this season that I am kinda indifferent to a few unfair calls going our way for once.

By: Jethro

Jethro — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:20:46 +0000

These refs from the big 12 remind me of the refs from the Marshall game last season. Let the men play the game

By: Allan Jones

Allan Jones — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:46:47 +0000

I can understand why the TT coach was upset, but let’s face it, his team is young too and they make many bone head mistakes as we do and more. They missed many fouls by Deniz and many more that Kevin committed, but what about that glaring charge in the paint right in front of the ref and he didn’t even call it…I mean, come on. I agree with Tony, they owed us one after that Baylor game. Even with the lack of calls favoring TT they were still in it thanks to our lack of good foul shooting and play making decisions down the stretch. Hey, a wins a win, ugly or not.

By: Bill Carter

Bill Carter — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:22:18 +0000

I agree Tony, very low quality officating for games that means so much to the teams standing, the fans, and the money each university receives……..I also thought the Baylor game was the worst officated game this year!

By: tony

tony — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:01:30 +0000

look, after that Baylor game, you can say they owed us one. The Baylor game was so touchy we literally had no chance. Any contact was a foul..Ok, I agree that on balance the way this game was called is probably more like the Texas game out there early on..a lot like a Big East game was. I do think DK shoulda had another one or so but he probably got fouled a few more times as well. Deniz played one hell of a game..On the whole agree that I am concerned about the consistency of the refs..it makes the officials a factor when in college hoops thats exactly what you dont want in any league. This has to be fixed. It is visibly worse on most B12 games ..compared to the BE B10 or ACC for sure….i have watched them all for years….