Michigan trying to give us a boost
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What an ugly game. Under 11:00 to go and neither team has broken 40.
A Michigan win would help Purdue's B1G championship hopes. But I think a Wisconsin win probably helps Purdue's numbers more.
Wisconsin and ND look like Purdue's two certain signature wins so far this year. I want those two teams to win as much as possible.
Wisconsin and ND look like Purdue's two certain signature wins so far this year. I want those two teams to win as much as possible.
They're right about Bronson Koenig: he can have some bad games, but if a game's tight towards the end, he's clutch more times than not (similar to Melo Trimble with his FT shooting in close games).
Well, I hope Iowa can beat Maryland at home on Thursday.
I watched the Wis v Mich game - the officiating was questionable. Who decides the men who officiate a game? And where do they come from - within state or outside state?
Officials (once they've "made it" to the college level) are usually assigned to specific conferences for conference play. However, in pre-conference play and in the postseason, it can be any lineup of officials for any game(s). I'm not sure who decides. I'm guessing that the Head Of Officials makes a schedule during the offseason and then they follow what's on their schedule (for the most part).
The BiG assigns officials for all conference games. Where they live has nothing to do with it. The location of the last game they did does factor in somewhat. Non-conference games are assigned by the conference of the home team. Officlals for the dance are chosen by the NCAA. Location has no impact.
I'm going a little OT here but thought some might find this a good read.
http://www.si.com/college-basketbal...recognized-referee-well-traveled-john-higgins
Gives some interesting info on travel schedules and how the conferences select their refs.
http://www.si.com/college-basketbal...recognized-referee-well-traveled-john-higgins
Gives some interesting info on travel schedules and how the conferences select their refs.
Thanks for the helpful responses. Now wondering about why officiating appears, in many instances - Ohio St v Purdue, Mich v Wisconsin , etc - to be so favorable to home team? Even Beilein commented (mildly) on officiating in last nights game.
Beth: I don't know how deep you want to dig into this but here is a link that you might find interesting.
http://natstat.com/mbb/officials
It lists every CBB official alphabetically and gives stats on each one. You can see the avg number of fouls they call per game and you can see if there is a bias towards the home team. It ranks them also so you can see how they fare against their peers. Too much data for me to pour through, but if you're really into it there it is.
My son-in-law rented a house to a Ref for a year. He said he could have rented it to someone else during the fall/winter as little as this guy was home. He may have requested more games than normal since he was just our of a divorce with no kids ... don't know.
I believe Borowski did officiate the Wisconsin - Michigan game and he is never a good official to see if you are the visiting team.
I feel like I'm doing a project for Heller here, but what the hell......
The non-conference game this year with Michigan State came up concerning the clock fiasco near the end and was discussed in some posts.....Bo knows horns end games.
https://www.landof10.com/michigan-s...t-on-controversial-michigan-state-fgcu-ending
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Bo knows too much it seems.......
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ccessing-unauthorized-information-per-sources
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Disclaimer: this is a three year-old list, but nonetheless interesting to see Big Ten (14?) officials on both sides of the good/bad spectrum.....guess which one Bo is on.....
https://colinwilliamweaver.com/2014...ns-division-i-basketball-as-well-as-the-best/
Very interesting articles. This is especially important now that the schedules are not set up so that every team plays every other team at home and away. I did not see anything about influence of coaches who make every call against their team a major drama.
Somewhat along that line of thought, 538 recently ran an article about how NFL calls are affected by the proximity to each team's sideline: 538 Article.
I think "sideline bias" could certainly play a role in the frustrating NCAAB phenomenon we saw again last night: a rather whistle-free first half (4 fouls on Michigan & 6 on Wisconsin) followed by a whistle-fest in the 2nd (Wisconsin in the bonus with 14 mins left & double bonus with 10 mins left). I guess it makes sense that refs are less willing to call defensive fouls when they happen in front of that team's bench (1st half) and more willing to call defensive fouls in front of the offensive team's bench (2nd half).
That is an interesting observation. I too, noticed how quickly Wisconsin got in the bonus - if they had shot better at the line they would have won by much more. Didn't think of calls being in any way determined by proximity to bench - very interesting. Could also be proximity to coach ( Ohio state?)
Here is a question....Who called the "carry" on I think Carsen at or near the end of the Iowa game? I thought it was strange timing to call something that hadn't been called in several games when most kids carry the ball in their natural motion.
