Will John Higgins get our game vs Duke?

fultoncoflash

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Is it time to show this guy some love and let him back in the big game? He missed so much last year by hosing us, he did not get to the final four after his terrible tournament as he messed up big time!
 
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Hell, any legitimate committee who reviewed his games should see his bias.
Yet he won "Referee of the Year" in 2017 after he hosed us. My biggest concern after all that post-UNC nonsense was that the Ref Fraternity would circle the wagons and avenge their fallen comrade. Then I realized college officials are just uniquely inept at their jobs and make terrible calls no matter what, it's just their nature.
 

BBUK_anon

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Yet he won "Referee of the Year" in 2017 after he hosed us. My biggest concern after all that post-UNC nonsense was that the Ref Fraternity would circle the wagons and avenge their fallen comrade. Then I realized college officials are just uniquely inept at their jobs and make terrible calls no matter what, it's just their nature.

If their nature is not to be good at what they do, then I agree...
 

bbnkat02

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Nov 14, 2017
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If Higgins ever gets another UK game, the entirety of the fan base should boo him for the duration of the game. The man is a thief and gets kids hurt. Just ask Huggins on that one. That WVU where the WVU player got hurt should have been the last game that fraud ever should’ve officiated.
 

nickhorvathsuxazz

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I can't see him being assigned to a UK game so long as the lawsuit is pending. An argument could be made that, regardless of the outcome, the lawsuit has created a conflict of interest between Higgins and UK. I would be perfectly fine with that.
I thought the lawsuit had already been dismissed? Even if so, the conflict of interest remains, as his required neutrality has been seriously compromised.
 

gracetoyou

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If Higgins officiates I predict Johnson & Hagans have severe foul problems...since Johnson will take it as a personal challange to shut Barrett down.

BTW...I'd be unconventional & put big Reid Travis on Zion.
 
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I thought the lawsuit had already been dismissed? Even if so, the conflict of interest remains, as his required neutrality has been seriously compromised.
I don't know. I thought the motion to dismiss was denied, but the motion to change venue to Kentucky was granted. The federal judge in Nebraska commented on the lawsuit that he almost dismissed the case because none of the "threats" came from and of the Defendants.

I think Matt Jones, et al. had filed a new motion to dismiss (or perhaps a motion for summary judgment) in Kentucky, but I couldn't find anywhere that this motion had been ruled on.
 

shutzhund

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Is it time to show this guy some love and let him back in the big game? He missed so much last year by hosing us, he did not get to the final four after his terrible tournament as he messed up big time!


Are you out of your friggin mind? You're not from around here are you?
 
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Cindog28

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Is it time to show this guy some love and let him back in the big game? He missed so much last year by hosing us, he did not get to the final four after his terrible tournament as he messed up big time!
https://www.vidio.com/watch/890297-john-higgins-sabotage-of-kentucky#

Umm.... no. He shouldn't be a referee at ALL anymore. "TV" Ted Valentine was suspended for just walking away from a UNC player, and Higgins got a pat on the back for handing UNC their National Title. If he or the NCAA can't overlook their bias, then Higgins needs to pack it up and work on some damn roofs.
 

kevcat

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Is it time to show this guy some love and let him back in the big game? He missed so much last year by hosing us, he did not get to the final four after his terrible tournament as he messed up big time!


 
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MNantz

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Just imagine the NCAA would save him for a latter game ! Should Kentucky and Dook meet in the championship game I would wager he would be on that game !!
 

bbnkat02

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I should NOT have watched that videos. Ugh. What a joke that man was.

And that phantom foul on Willis where they cut to Ol Daggum with that very slight smirk makes me want to smack the daylights out of him. It’s like watching a mafia boss smirk to the honest cop as he skates on charges.
 

ruppcat

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Is it time to show this guy some love and let him back in the big game? He missed so much last year by hosing us, he did not get to the final four after his terrible tournament as he messed up big time!
No. He should never be allowed to ref another college or high school or middle school or elementary school game ever again.
 

Wall2Boogie

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If Higgins officiates I predict Johnson & Hagans have severe foul problems, before the game starts...since Johnson will take it as a personal challenge to shut Barrett down.

BTW...I'd be unconventional & put big Reid Travis on Zion.

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