ZachTheZip Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 What? OU had three more fouls called on them than the Zips. The Zips had two more foul shot attempts than OU. Last night was a very physical game where the referees didn't call nearly the number of fouls they could have. The officiating was in favor of the Zips style of play and they didn't take advantage of it. You just gave away that you didn't actually watch the game. OU should have had twice the fouls called on them. They hacked away on every Zips possession and got away with it. They flopped to create bogus fouls on Zips players. OU was dirtier than the Cuyahoga river and the refs let them get away with it. An even number of fouls shouldn't happen when one side is clearly fouling more than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jupitertoo Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 You just gave away that you didn't actually watch the game. OU should have had twice the fouls called on them. They hacked away on every Zips possession and got away with it. They flopped to create bogus fouls on Zips players. OU was dirtier than the Cuyahoga river and the refs let them get away with it. An even number of fouls shouldn't happen when one side is clearly fouling more than the other. I get that you're disappointed. But this is a ridiculous statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I hate when people judge refs on the number of fouls called. Akron bangs inside more than any MAC team, OU plays around the arc more than any MAC team. Our style is way more conducive to drawing more fouls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJGood Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I hate when people judge refs on the number of fouls called. Akron bangs inside more than any MAC team, OU plays around the arc more than any MAC team. Our style is way more conducive to drawing more fouls. I agree with this statement. The only thing I saw last night that disturbed me a little with the officials was that it seemed as if they were trying to protect Cooper from the physical play more than any of the other 9 players on the floor. It did seem like he got away with a few slaps of Zips' hands and arms while there were one or two phantom fouls that led to him shooting free throws. I'm not saying the officials did this on purpose at all but that maybe it was done somewhat subconsciously. That thing tends to happen with star guards at all levels of basketball though I guess. I also thought it was interesting that OU had the same officiating crew two nights in a row. Could that be an advantage, since the officials may have been more able to anticipate what OU would do and vice versa OU would have a better feel for what they could and could not get away with? I know both teams had this crew many times throughout the season but what the stripes are told to focus on changes much more from week to week than it does in a 23 hour span. No excuses, I've just always wondered if that creates any type of advantage at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I get that you're disappointed. But this is a ridiculous statement. The way that he worded it is ridiculous, but he's correct. The refs were "letting them play" which is what we ask for most of the time. This, however, affected Akron much more because of their accentuation on the inside/outside game. OU just had too much firepower from the outside and/or slashers. We shot fantastic, but the number of times our bigs got manhandled down low and turned the ball over didn't help. I'd say it was a fairly evenly officiated game, but man are those OU fans whiners. Literally every call made against there team and you hear this tremendous whooping crowd-wide groan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksu sucks Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 but man are those OU fans whiners. Literally every call made against there team and you hear this tremendous whooping crowd-wide groan. LOL...good god they were terrible. After this season I've decided to just spend the money to sit with other Akron fans. The same thing happened two years ago when we played Ohio in the championship. There's always inevitably some drunken Ohio fan making a dork of himself. The funniest part is that they're acting like a superfan, but sitting in the $1 scratch off seats. I'm 21. I'm not sure what their excuse is. Whenever I get frustrated that some of our fans say stupid things, I think about my experiences with Ohio fans. I've honestly had an easier time sitting next to Can't fans. Ohio fans seem to have filled the void that Marshall left behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Every time we threw the ball down to the block last night OU went to a strong double team with a 3rd guy cutting off the reverse passing lane. It didn't matter who we threw it to, OU wasn't going to let us run our bread and butter offense. Some of our best offensive possessions in the second half were clear outs for Q and Chauncey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 You just gave away that you didn't actually watch the game. I watched the game from beginning to end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 OU was dirtier than the Cuyahoga river and the refs let them get away with it. An even number of fouls shouldn't happen when one side is clearly fouling more than the other. First of all, the statement I highlighted above is hilarious Secondly, great statement about fouls. It's ridiculous if anyone thinks a well officiated game means that a near equal amount of fouls were called, or that since one team had more foul shots means that they were given the most favorable end of the foul calls. And just because Akron is a scrappy team does not mean that we necessarily have any advantage if the refs decide to allow the inside play to turn into a free for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 For those who may believe that UA is regularly called for more fouls than OU because the Zips play more aggressive defense, the Zips averaged 18.3 fouls per game this season -- 1.4 fouls per game less than OU's 19.7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 OU's set up nicely. They're a 13-seed and have a beatable #4 Michigan team in the first round, and either Temple, South Florida or Cal in the second round (USF & Cal are a play-in game). Ohio can beat any of these teams. They may just make a Sweet 16 run this year. I'm jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzipguy Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Yes OU is set up well. But, I doubt seriously if Mich's bigs will ever feel the need to come out and cover him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 For those who may believe that UA is regularly called for more fouls than OU because the Zips play more aggressive defense, the Zips averaged 18.3 fouls per game this season -- 1.4 fouls per game less than OU's 19.7. OU mugs players and sometimes they get called for it and sometimes they get away with it. The averages are just that: averages. In the championship, if OU was called for fouls the way Akron was called for fouls, most of their team would have been fouled out with five minutes to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infofan Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 What? OU had three more fouls called on them than the Zips. The Zips had two more foul shot attempts than OU. Last night was a very physical game where the referees didn't call nearly the number of fouls they could have. The officiating was in favor of the Zips style of play and they didn't take advantage of it. Yes the refs were better than friday night and in terms of # of fouls were even, but the hacking endured by zeke and Nikola was not whistled. Still the single incident that I question was the charging foul on AA in the last minute or so. From my vantage the defender was not set, but the refs shouldswllow the whistle if unsure in the lat minute. The shot would have been good by Nikola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Like we are proud of an accomplishment that 90% of the basketball world and 95% of our fan-base and potential fan base will care nothing about. The next 3 weeks hardly anyone in the country is even going to know that this tournament is going on. The casual Akron fan certainly won't know. You aren't going to get him to the JAR for a home game (if we get one), the way you were getting him there at mid-season for games against lowly MAC West teams. Quick, without looking it up, tell me who won this tournament last year? Tell me who made it to Madison Square Garden? Anyone remember off the top of their heads? Didn't think so. And regardless of how far the Zips make it in the losers bracket, nobody is going to care come this time next year. Even an NIT Final Four banner would represent our highest accomplishment in a Big-3 Div. I sport and would be more impressive to potential recruits than none at all. Casual Akron fans will at least hear about the Zips in the NIT from the TV news and/or newspaper(s). Have we ever beaten a B10 team in hoops? At least we have another opportunity...that has to count for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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