What If Blog #3

What if the Memphis Tigers would have won the game on Thursday?  The Tigers needed to win against Houston yesterday.  Unfortunately, they lost by one point.  The game should have been a Memphis victory.  The game consisted of a lot of bad calls from the referees.  Houston did not get hardly any bad calls.  The replays were evidence to every Tiger fan that we were most definitely having to compete with the referees instead of focusing on the Houston players. The last call sent the whole Tigers' fans and team into an uproar.  In the last five seconds, it was a Memphis possession with Willie Kemp dribbling toward the goal.  The umpire called a double dribble on Kemp!  When it is this late in the game, ordinarily a double dribble would not be called unless it was extremely evident.  In this case, it was not a double dribble. There is nothing we can do after a call like that is made, but when the call was made, the opposing team ran out on the court before time.  Running out onto the court is a technicality.  The referees denied calling the technical error on Houston which would have allowed Memphis possession. Memphis really played hard the second half, but you can't play against unfair referees.  It has been a struggle for the Tigers this year after the allegations from last season.  I think coach Pastner has done an excellent job at exceeding their predicted expectations. I believe that Memphis was purposely denied advancement in the tournaments.  If they would have won that would have placed the Tigers in line to play Kentucky.  The NCAA will not allow that to happen this year.  Each game has to be evenly distributed.  If Kentucky and Memphis were matched then it would not be an equally watched game.  The NCAA needs to stand by every team instead of shaming certain ones.