Robert Morris Cheated By the Refs

• Footwedge

  Anyone watch the Nova/ Bobby Mo game at the end? 4 of the worst calls ever made in consecutive possessions. All against Robert Morris...1 on offense (no call on a blatant hold) and 3 phantom whistles on defense. If I were the coach, I'd be ripping the officials for stealing their team's most memorable win ever.
  
  As a sidebar...the BiG East has been downright awful in the NIT and NCAA so far.
• cbus4life

  Agreed.
  
  Felt so bad for the RM players and coaches.
  
  Terrible way to go down, those calls should have been made and needed to made.
• Non

  

  NCAA loves Villanova and Jay Wright
• cbus4life

  Fair enough. My fiancee would dump me in a second for Jay Wright...as she just told me.
• ytownfootball

  

  The more flamboyantly RM's coach complained, the worse the calls got. They got jobbed but I think RM needed to be a little more calm.
• thedynasty1998

  

  I was actually surprised they didn't give the players or coach a technical. Definitely looked like the refs wanted one team to win over another.
• ts1227

  

  Found a Box Score finally that listed the refs so I could go see what conference they usually work...
  
  Refs were:
  Gary Maxwell (Most common conferences worked: SoCon and ACC - Worked ACC Tourney)
  Bruce Bell (Most common conferences: SWAC and Summit - Worked SWAC Tourney)
  Rick Crawford (Most common conferences: SEC and CUSA - Worked SEC Tourney)
  
  They sure weren't biased by their usual work locations, and they aren't inexperienced seeing 2 got good conference tourneys to work. They just suck.
  
  http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/gary-maxwell
  http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/bruce-bell
  http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/rick-crawford
• GoPens

  

  Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.
• gibby08

  

  IMO,the game was fixed for Villanova to win
• yobro08

  awfully officiated game but hey it saved my final four hopes
• september63

  

  The officiating was suspect, at best. However, you always see in the NCAA Tourney if calls seem to be going against a team. It seems that the mid major's get screwed against BCS schools about all the time.
• lhs2ndbase

  Its all about the big six baby.
• darbypitcher22

  

  you guys didn't already know the tourney was fixed?
• georgemc80

  FWIW...the president's bracket would have been screwed if this happened.....not accusing...just saying....lol
• reclegend22

  

  The president is screwed regardless. His ass is out in '12, then we can have Palin brackets.
  
  (Kidding. But not about "Bama").
• Footwedge

  GoPens wrote: Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.

  Good luck with your bracket. My take is that St Mary's will blow out Nova...unless of course the refs have Nova on the money line again.
• ironman02

  I'd be willing to bet that Nova plays much better against St. Mary's. They haven't played well down the stretch, but nearly losing to a 15 seed can do wonders to a team's intensity/focus. I have Nova going to the FF, and while today's performance wasn't very encouraging, I think they'll be much better on Saturday. There's always the chance, though, that SMC bounces them and opens the bracket up for Duke even more.
• Footwedge

  ^^St Mary's has the better team. Nova and their conference is obviously wayyy overrated.
  
  I hate it when the refs make 4 incorrect calls inside of 3 minutes and ruin it for Cinderella.
• bases_loaded

  

  Footwedge wrote:

  GoPens wrote: Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.

  Good luck with your bracket. My take is that St Mary's will blow out Nova...unless of course the refs have Nova on the money line again.

  Nova was -7000 on the moneyline thats alot of jack to win a fraction
• Prescott

  St Mary's has the better team.

  What are basing this on? I have watched St.Mary's 4 times this year and today they played their best game. Samhan had no resistance today. He will have resistance on Saturday.
• Footwedge

  Prescott wrote:

  St Mary's has the better team.

  What are basing this on? I have watched St.Mary's 4 times this year and today they played their best game. Samhan had no resistance today. He will have resistance on Saturday.

  No. Saint Mary's played a lot better in their conference title game....when they blasted Gonzaga by 30 points.
• Footwedge

  bases_loaded wrote:

  Footwedge wrote:

  GoPens wrote: Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.

  Good luck with your bracket. My take is that St Mary's will blow out Nova...unless of course the refs have Nova on the money line again.

  Nova was -7000 on the moneyline thats alot of jack to win a fraction

  Very true...that's what I'm sayin...the refs got a call at halftime....Nova "had to" win...if you know what I'm sayin.
• me_myself_i

  

  cbus4life wrote: Fair enough. My fiancee would dump me in a second for Jay Wright...as she just told me.

  Agreed on the Jay Wright statement!!
• dat dude

  Footwedge wrote:

  bases_loaded wrote:

  Footwedge wrote:

  GoPens wrote: Robert Morris winning would have screwed up my bracket royally, but agreed, Villanova was destined to win this game, one way or the other.

  Good luck with your bracket. My take is that St Mary's will blow out Nova...unless of course the refs have Nova on the money line again.

  Nova was -7000 on the moneyline thats alot of jack to win a fraction

  Very true...that's what I'm sayin...the refs got a call at halftime....Nova "had to" win...if you know what I'm sayin.

  I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not but you would have to be an idiot to think that someone would have put a lot of money on 'Nova for a straight up win. 700k gets you 10k. Nobody bets that, c'mon.
• Prescott

  No. Saint Mary's played a lot better in their conference title game....when they blasted Gonzaga by 30 points.

  
  
  That is a matter of opinion. We will see how St. Mary's does in round 2 against Nova.
  
  Although I like Nova, I will be rooting against them versus the Gaels, since the refs handed them a game they should have lost.