Yeah the 92 game I 11 I remember crying that night over the game. It wouldn't be the last as my uk passion has increased every year since being a kid. Had that been today, he would of got a flagrant 2. Then again it's duke so somehow it would only cost them a time out
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There are way too many games that span way too many years to come up with an accurate list.Thinking back to the Vandy game,I think the FT attempts disparity was something like 25-6,if we come forward from that game I believe it is difficult to find a span of games that were more poorly called. It is no wonder that Cal went off the deep end( I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore comes to mind)
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Any game at Tennessee during the '70's and '80's. Games at LSU also ranked up there as well.
This x10000! I remember all those games at Stokely. Always terribly officiating. Bloomington and Chapel Hill are up there as well.
There's definitely too many to list but last years Wisconsin game hurts the most. The missed shot clock violation was so bad that a rule change was made. Plus the play where the Wisconsin player jumped from out of bounds to make a layup was mind boggling also. I don't see how any competent ref could miss both those calls since they were so obvious.
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Oh yeah, I had forgotten about all of the debacles at Bloomington. Another that comes to mind was the Maul Classic final when Brassow made the game winning put back. UK couldn't even breath on the Arizona guards that night without a foul being called. Same thing in the 1997 final against them.
The 1995 Regional Final game against UNCheat ranks right up there. Kentucky came out on fire, and looked like they would roll over the Tar Holes, and into the Final Four. In order to break our momentum, Ol' Big Nose had his players to try and provoke a fight. They got what they were looking for between Rasheed Wallace and Andre Riddick. After going to the monitor and reviewing the play multiple times, referee Tim Higgins threw Walter McCarty (who was red hot from three) out of the game, even though Walter never got within 15 feet of the altercation.
Tim Higgins had a long history of officiating incompetence, but that was beyond incompetent.
Tim Higgins had a long history of officiating incompetence, but that was beyond incompetent.
I remember the regional final in "86" I think it was against LSU...
We had already beaten them 3 times and by God the refs weren't going to let us get to the final 4 that year.
Honestly, there have been a LOT of poorly officiated games but the tournament losses always stick out to me.
I thought that Georgetown got away with a lot in "84"...
In "95" Rasheed Wallace should have been kicked out of that game and wasn't.
There are probably some games that our opponents felt robbed though...
We had already beaten them 3 times and by God the refs weren't going to let us get to the final 4 that year.
Honestly, there have been a LOT of poorly officiated games but the tournament losses always stick out to me.
I thought that Georgetown got away with a lot in "84"...
In "95" Rasheed Wallace should have been kicked out of that game and wasn't.
There are probably some games that our opponents felt robbed though...
It was not missed. Laettner was given a technical foul for it. The only question is should he have been thrown out for it.
I agree with what a few of you said earlier. Shot clock against Wisconsin last year and the missed ejection against Duke in 92. 2 Calls that would have been huge to changing UK.
92 would have been even more of a statement and potentially a title
Last year meant a title and a 40-0 season.
92 would have been even more of a statement and potentially a title
Last year meant a title and a 40-0 season.
The game at UNC in 1991 where we were up 81-74 with two minutes left and lost 84-81. Lost a remote control thanks to that one. Pitino supposedly ended the series because of it. So many teams had games taken from them by the refs at UNC over the years. So it made it worse knowing it might be coming.
Wasn't he the same guy who missed the shot clock and others in the Wisconsin game?
Tim Higgins retired a few years ago. I believe that the ref you are thinking about is John Higgins. No idea if there is any relation. If so, then incompetence runs in the family.
This is one of the games that makes me doubt refs. Higgie was also the ref looking at the player laying across the end line and not calling him OOB
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Doug Sirmons messed up the shot clock violation. I'd be interested in his position on the floor with the other missed call as well. Wouldn't be at all surprised if that was his area
He did not throw McCarty out but it counted as his 2nd foul and killed our momentum. Just unbelievable they made that error even with the monitor.
Duke 1992 and it's not even close, could you imagine if that game were played today? Laettner would probably be put in jail or protective custody and I could see a Black Lives matter movement the day of the final four game. He would have been immediately ejected and we would have been given the ball with two FT's coming and would catty the heart of the nation, lol.
You think the Sean Woods'shot would have been shown on t v for the next 20+years
The team that got shafted the most in one season with 10-11. Once they got out of league play and the constant ****** calls they took off. That is until they met the floptastic uconn team in the F4.
Kansas and UT this year for sure.
The past 2 trips to chapel hill
Arkansas in 14
UAB in 04.
A few others conference road games and especially this gem from Jim burr in 13.
The past 2 trips to chapel hill
Arkansas in 14
UAB in 04.
A few others conference road games and especially this gem from Jim burr in 13.
The Laettner game wasn't that bad. Yes, he stomped on him. But if you've seen the 30 for 30 on Laettner they show the play that led to that. Feldhaus blatantly shoved him out of the way on a rebound with no call. I mean he shoved him from under the basket to almost out of bounds. We lost that game because Duke took every punch we threw at them and they were able to counterpunch. As Cawood said, "that's why they're the champions."
this might be the single worst call----that was repeatedly reviewed on camera----I can ever remember
I remember that one! Don't believe there was a single terrible call....just a series of calls that allowed UNC to climb all the way back in the game without the clock running. Pathetic how so many of these horribly-officiated games involve UNC. Meanwhile, they continue to play amidst the greatest Academic/eligibility scandal in the history of sports. Ridiculous
Go watch the final game of the 78 team against Duke. One of the most ridiculous first halfs of all time. Duke maybe scored like 3 baskets and the rest were all called fouls. Cawood was going crazy on the broadcast after about 10 minutes in. The away UNC game a few years ago was pretty bad. And, the game with Bowie against Duke where they called the phantom foul at the end where even the player admitted he wasn't touched are a few that come to mind. But, that first half against South Carolina was ridiculous too.
However on the Duke game being discussed again, no way. Laettner got called but he stepped but didn't "stomp" as he was pissed and sending a signal. If he raised his foot up and stomped down hard he would have been thrown out. They didn't miss the call either. Sorry to this day that he hit that shot and that RP didn't put a big guy on the out of bounds passer to not make it so easy to just throw the ball down to Laettner, but oh well.
However on the Duke game being discussed again, no way. Laettner got called but he stepped but didn't "stomp" as he was pissed and sending a signal. If he raised his foot up and stomped down hard he would have been thrown out. They didn't miss the call either. Sorry to this day that he hit that shot and that RP didn't put a big guy on the out of bounds passer to not make it so easy to just throw the ball down to Laettner, but oh well.
Exactly. Big miss on the refs. He should have been tossed, no question. Duke fans are the only ones who saw that game and said they called that right.
You are correct, qwesley. I see in the box score that McCarty played 24 minutes in that game, which would have been hard to do if he had been thrown out in the first 8 minutes. Thanks to Jon Scott and his wonderful website. Those of us with failing memories would be lost otherwise.
In my opinion nothing tops the ream job we got the last time we were in *** Hall playing Clappy the Clown surrounded by his a**hole fans.
Thank God John Clougherty is gone. He would still be number 1 on my list.