Burke was flopping as well And yes, the style of Louisville is to pressure the back court, and it wears the other team down. If you notice, Louisville did not get near the turnovers in the first half because Michigan was still fresh, but after awhile, that wears on them. In the 2nd half, the Michigan guards were not able to get off the Louisville guards as easily.
Most of the Louisville back court pressure in the first half was token pressure applied by one player on the ball. They didn't really crank it up until the second half. The lack of separation was a direct result of the holding and grabbing, not one player being fresher than the other.
meh sorry, I despise flopping, so when Burke starting flopping and flailing his arms like a little b****, I no longer felt sorry for him.
I guess I didn't see the "flopping and flailing" as you referred to it. I hate flopping as well. It ranks right up there with holding and grabbing as the biggest ***** moves in basketball, IMO.
I don't see how you could have missed it. Burke did it on multiple occasions, and most of the time he got the call based off his flop.
Are you referring to when he would accentuate the excessive contact, to finally get the refs to blow the whistle? If so, I don't take that as flopping. Flopping to me is when you don't get fouled and you act like you did. Burke was getting fouled.
Absolutely this! He was making the refs do thier job. The job they failed on so miserably. At least Burke was smart enough to know how to make the refs look like idiots that had otherwise swallowed their whistles.
And there is a difference in playing physical within the rules, and bending the rules. Big Ten play is physical. Big East play is who can get away with more. Is that homer enough for you, Hook?
I know that it was a physical game, and that the refs did let it get out of hand at times, but I've seen too much blaming of the refs this morning, and not enough blame on the horrible clock management at the end by Michigan. It was Les Miles bad, and no one seems to be focusing on that?
Haha lets not get carried away. Les Miles is in a class of his own when it comes to Clock Management...err Mismanagement.
Yeah...I know that was a horrible call. How about McGary kick ball? Or the multitude of times the Louisville post player was raped under the goal by Michigan? Like I said, it was not a great officiated game, but it was for both sides.
Swallowed whistles favors Louisville is all everyone hear is pointing out, because they have played that way all year. Being termed a "physical" team coming into a game allows you to get away with more as it is just viewed as you playing physical, not fouling.
Easy missed call, but does not put points directly on the board and Louisville maintained possession. Missing a blatant goal tend does result in points. As does putting a 86% free throw shooter on the line late in the game like the above play. There were a few of those, I agree with that. But many of those came after Louisville got an offensive rebound by pushing or going over the back. Not every time, but on a number of them. If they called the initial foul, there is no shot attempt following it to get raped on. The game was butchered, no doubt.
He knew that without weapons of mass destruction involved, there was no way to get the refs to call a foul. Intentional or not. I've seen less contact in hockey........during the fights!
The officiating is always the easy target because poor officiating is easy to spot. Even for a casual fan. Thats why its all over the interwebs today. They didn't decide the game solely, but they definitely affected how it was played. It just so happens it benefited the more "physical" team. We've seen it play the other way too. A physical team is taken out of the game by refs with happy whistles. It isn't the first time, and it won't be the last. Its just too bad it happened during the biggest game of the year.
