Before You Totally Meltdown on the Officiating

[SoonerBabyy]

ya but a lot of those "shooting fouls" we crap. then they got us in the bonus & called for breathing on someone. it seemed to me osu went from shooting 8 FTs to 20 in about 2.5 seconds.

 

[steverocks35]

Yep, all Opie had to do was get within a step of an OU player and then flop. Two shots!

 

[colston15]

FACTS--

OSU had 22 fouls
OU had 26 fouls

People thats not one sided officiating at all

We just fouled more in the act of shooting. plain and simple

Assuming you watched the game, and given your account I have my doubts, how could you summarize it like that?

There were numerous times (shooting) fouls were called when no contact was made. We had our arms straight up, falling away from the shooter, literally doing everything but making contact or obstructing the shot, but still a whistle.

I, and others have stated we lost the game in the 2nd half because we couldn't rebound, execute offensively or get a stop, but, you're out of your mind if you think the game was officiated evenly.

And it went far beyond your normal home cookin' that we, and every other school benefit from playing at home.

 

[Edmond_Sooner]

The team shouldn't have been as upset with the officiating as much as they should have been upset with themselves for committing dumb fouls.

BINGO

It was clear to me that most of the fouls called could have been avoided...not saying there werent any bad ones, because there were a lot of phantom calls...

IMO the MAIN reason we lost the game was the rebounding margin...that and the million free throws were just too much to overcome...

 

[steverocks35]

BINGO

It was clear to me that most of the fouls called could have been avoided...not saying there werent any bad ones, because there were a lot of phantom calls...

IMO the MAIN reason we lost the game was the rebounding margin...that and the million free throws were just too much to overcome...

Yep, 14 offensive boards for OSU killed us.
As for the foul discrepancy, I think Opie's stat line is informative:
Keiton Page, G 36 3-11 1-7 11-12 1 3 3 0 0 3 4 18

The little mutant shot TWELVE free throws. TWELVE!