Post-game quickies
UCLA players said Washington played harder and were better prepared than the Bruins, who were 1 of 16 from 3-point range.
Kevin Love talked about not getting the ball inside enough, even though he believed he was open at times.
Darren Collison said he played "horrible" after scoring a season-low three points and committing eight turnovers.
UCLA coach Ben Howland was not pleased about UW's Tim Morris throwing the ball off Alfred Aboya's face in the final minute on the in-bounds play.
I dont know what Kevin is talking about. He was blanketed all game. Its not like they werent looking for him...they definitely were. He just was not sealing his man off and getting open.
And i didnt know intentionally baseball-throwing the ball at an opponents face on an out of bounds play was legal. Great poise by Aboya, if someone had done that to me, I would have cracked him right in the jaw.
How in the hell was that not some sort of penalty? So it's alright to chuck balls at people's heads now?
Although the calls by the officials did not affect the outcome of the game, the Pac-10 Commissioner's office has got to get a tape of this one. Where the only technical called was on Collison jawing Overton (or was it Dentmon?) about his grabbing Ship and throwing him out of bounds on a fast break bucket by Westbrook, - he was just talking - the refs missed calling a flagrant foul on Brockman's grabbing Love by the back of the neck as he went up for a two-handed slam. And then for the official to just stand there while a Aboya has his face flattened by a basketball deliberately thrown right at him is almost criminal behavior -- by both the UW player and the ref.
That play needs to be investigated and commented on by the Pac 10.
How that ball to the face isn't a technical and an intentional foul is beyond me. The Bruins played badly but the officiating was horrendous.
You can try to blame everyone but the fact is that the Bruins didn't show up and Udub wanted it more...plain and simple!
scottielew24--Stay off our blog; Huskie fans will regret the day that the team went dirty against the Bruins, esp. if they play in the Pac-10 tournament as the Huskies aren't going anywhere else post season. I thought Romar was a class act but his team's antics today confirm that he's not. Too bad as UW will never come close to UCLA in terms of class and success.
scootielew, no one is blaming the loss on anyone but our poor performance, how about you read the previous posts? We're commenting on Howland's sentiments towards that thug Morris' cheap shot.
Morris should have been assessed a flagrant foul at a minimum, ejection was probably warranted. If the Pac-10 office doesn't hand out some kind of penalty, it's a joke. Give the Huskies props for playing hard, but the refs didn't do a very good job of keeping control when it started getting chippy in the first half.
I would've liked to see Kevin Love give a Husky a facial with a 2 handed chest pass.
Throwing the ball at a players head should be penalized. But if it's legal, and apparently it is according to Dave Libby, then why not start next week--off of Daniel Hackett's glass jaw.
Considering the cheap shot he delivered to Mata-Real giving him a concussion, that's the least Hackett deserves. I think a flying elbow up high from Alfred should Hackett decide to drive the lane would be more than warranted. We all know the Pac 10 would simply view that as part of the game anyway.
another Dave Libby contest. how that guy keeps his job I have no idea. It's starting to look like the Pac 10 refs are the new teacher's union.
UCLA played horribly, UW played harder, and so we lost. The refs didn't cost us the game, but their performance in this was beyond hideous.
They called the T on Darren but not on the other player, they didn't call the intentional (not "flagrant") foul on Brockman for slamming Love to the floor, they didn't call anything on Love being karate chopped, they awarded a FT to UW then took it back because it wasn't a shooting foul, but THEN tried to give the ball to UCLA when it clearly should have been UW's ball, etc. It was a HORRIBLY officiated game, both ways.
As to the cheap shot by Morris when he threw the ball into Aboya's face, well, that's just inexcusable.
For the ref to say there's nothing he can do about it is just pure bullcrap. These kids are taught from an early age to throw the ball off an opponent's legs when falling out of bounds or about to get a 5-second count. They PRACTICE it, so the muscle-memory is there, and it becomes second nature. For the UW thug to aim high, at Aboya's face, is so far beyond what kids are taught and drilled to do, that any explanations of it being "okay" and/or "unintentional" fail all tests of credulity.
I think the Pac-10 needs to look into this. The conference CAN and sometimes DOES take action against players or coaches, even when no call was made DURING the game. This kid Morris should be suspended 1 game, and if there's ANY evidence that any of UW's coaching staff suggested/told him to do it, then THEY should be suspended and fined.
During the game, at the very least, an "unsportsmanlike behavior" technical should have been called. More appropriately, the call should have been a FLAGRANT technical with ejection.
I think all Bruins AND fair-minded fans should note the following, and send along their thoughts about this disgraceful (and embarrassing to the conference) exhibition by the refs Sunday afternoon:
Tom Hansen, Pac-10 Commissioner: - thansen@pac-10.org
Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officiating: - Bill McCabe (no e-mail address listed)
PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE
1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597-8853
Phone: (925) 932-4411 Fax: (925) 932-4601
UCLA78 (The real AND smart one)
P.S. Ignore faker 78. He is NOT a UCLA grad or fan.
We need to get UCLA 78 a crying towel, or his blankie. You are making way more out of this than necessary. Get over it!
Brian, can you keep us updated about whether or not the league is going to investigate that inbounds play and if UCLA is doing anything to get that reviewed?
Oh, so it's okay with you that the Pac-10 Conference CONSISTENTLY has THE MOST INCOMPETENT refs of any major conference in the country?? It's NOT okay.
Watch some basketball on TV. Watch games from the Big-12, Big-10, Big East, SEC (not ACC because they ref to make sure Dook and UNC win). Their refs are all FAR FAR more competent than the Pac-10's.
So I'll "get over it" when the Pac-10 does something about it's INcompetent and INconsistent refs. This has been a problem for years, and every knowledgeable fan in the Pac-10 knows it. It's just long overdue that we fans complain loud and often to the Conference office about it.
Oh, and BTW, it's "UCLA78," not "UCLA 78." "UCLA 78" is a FAKER and POSER who is NEITHER "UCLA" nor "78." He's trying to be an irritant, but all he's doing is showing what a fool he is. It doesn't bother me - in fact, sometimes I can't help but LAUGH at his nonsense - but I will continue to make it clear that he is not I.
UCLA78 (The REAL One)
Look at the number of minutes Keefe got to play. I made a particular point of watching him this game as, my gut says, he should be close to 90% by now and the team NEEDS him. He needed the experience on this meaningless game so he would be ready by the Stanford come conference time. Hopefully this week he'll have the time to get his outside shot (particularly top of the key) practiced and possibly perfected. I believe there were three or more open looks that he did not take the open shot. His defense was pretty good and in fact every time he rolled up to help the Love no one covered the back side of the play---I believe that is what he was supposed to do and others did not help.
UCLA77 I was screaming at the TV for Keefe to pull the trigger, wide open no one else hitting. Let it go!!
Maybe we should write to the White House, or the State Capitol at the very least, and lodge a formal complaint about the Pac-10 referees? Or maybe bring protest signs to Pauley for the next home game? Or maybe stage a sit-in in Westwood and plead for fairness and equality! This irrational behavior by these referees must stop! Everybody is out to get us! I am outraged! Let's raise up in protest, fellow Bruin brothers and sisters! We should be treated as the superior beings we are!
So now it appears the FAKER has figured out a way to HACK the software to allow him to register the same username as mine.
Faker will always be a faker, except that now he might just be a HACKER too. It's either a flaw in the blog software, or a criminal act of hacking.
Brian has been made aware.
UCLA78 (The REAL One)