[Granny Bear]

What was everyones view on the officiating of the game?
I was there so I didn't get to see a lot of the replays. But i know for sure harrison stepped out of bounds and i think that resulted in a UK basket. Pretty sure the "fifth foul" on Harrell was terrible. He was no where near the play. Hancock was the person who fell to the ground on the play. Correct me if I'm wrong, however. I felt a lot more calls went UKs way that night rather than for UofL. Even UK fans around me said that Louisville got screwed a couple of times. I also thought the foul called on Randle in the last 30 seconds on Blackshear shouldn't been called. From my view that was clean. Those are the only things that stuck out to me. I've heard a lot more complaining about the officiating so I was just wanting to know if there were any other major calls/no calls.
Not making excuses though. If Louisville hit their free throws, then it'd be a 6+ win for Louisville. Thats pretty much just counting the ones Russ missed. Credit to UK though. They fought extremely hard and pulled ahead when it mattered most. Dakari's play surprised me, he will need to step up big for the remainder of the tourney with WCS being out.

Well, being at the game I can't believe you missed the replays. They were shown repeatidly on the big screens in the rafters. Oh, I see now...I was in the rafters, YOU must've been in the lower portion!! nicker:

Harrison absolutely stepped out of bounds, and that did lead to a KY score. However, there were a couple of times that UL should've been called for fouls that should have been flagrant, IMO. The game got physical, and UK had no answer until they finally got physical. There were so many cheap shots from UL that I lost count. So to say that the officiating benefited UK is crazy! As far as the officials going to the monitor, that was a complete joke. Not one call was changed. Two were clearly incorrect. One in UK's favor and one in UL's favor. Guess they wanted to balance the calls....

I was sitting in the middle of a big red circle, and those fans kept yelling for UK to get out of the kitchen if they couldn't stand the heat. I agree. If the play gets physical, you have to answer. The Cats DID answer, along with their fans.

I was very surprised to see the number of UL fans that were there. I do believe they were higher in numbers than UK but I could be wrong. They weren't any louder, but from my perspective they were more numerous.