WVU vs. Pitt, Officials Victorious

by The 25314 on Feb 10, 2009 12:47 PM EST

I wish I could say that I've never seen officiating as poor as it was in the game last night. Sadly, I watched the Syracuse '92 game and many other basketball games.

However, that doesn't change the fact that the officiating was TERRIBLE.

I'm generally not one to blame the refs for a loss, and I doubt WVU would have won with good officials, but at least give us a chance. Let's see what happens when WVU gets to play with Truck, Butler and Ruoff, and Pitt is allowed to play with Fields and Blair.

Butler and Ruoff played a combined 42 minutes. They both average 37-38 minutes a game in Big East play.

WVU struggles enough scoring with those two on the floor. We don't stand a chance against anyone when they're on the bench.

Ruoff is a guy who is NEVER in foul trouble. Yet he fouls out yesterday. Butler hasn't actually been in trouble since the Marquette game. Yet he fouls out yesterday.

And it's not like they're banging and shoving in the low post. They were getting called for touch fouls 30 feet from the basket that didn't affect the flow of play at all.

Again, I'm not saying the officials cost WVU the game. Pitt also had top players on the bench in foul trouble. But they cost the game watchable enjoyment, and precluded WVU from even attempting to put up a fight.

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Terrible game to watch

The game was so boring to watch that I almost gave up on it. I didn’t though.

Now, had these girls been the officials, I’d have been watching a little more intently.

by BurghMountaineer on Feb 10, 2009 1:32 PM EST reply actions

Tick-Tack and EatSchmitt is Paddy-whacked

How is it that Ruoff can get a touch foul way out on the perimeter, but Sam Young can shove a forearm down his defender’s throat anytime and not get called?

As usual, I disagree with EatSchmitt…(the Colin Cowherd of this board—I say that because if you want to know how I feel about something in the sports world, pretty much it will be the opposite of what Cowherd says). If we have no quality wins, how come we have an RPI rating of 16 – up one tick after this loss? No fire? What are you talking about? And how does one “umipmressively pound” somone (sounds like a review of a bad porno…“geez, is this climaxing soon?…he’s been umimpressively pounding her for hours now….”

Yeah, they better show you something Schmitty…we know what a big booster you are, ya douche….(Again, I ask why even bother to pull for the team if all it does is provide a platform for you to display your doucheness…We really do deserve a better class of fan.)

This team can beat top quality opponents because it plays great, but unsexy, defense. If we show up and shoot well, I think we can take anyone down, and now that Schmitty has said we have no shot, and that Pitt is on a level above us, I am feeling pretty good about our chances in the Garden should we meet those fuckers again. It will be just like the way UNC was going to roll us in Charlotte.

by JP Fanshawe on Feb 10, 2009 4:00 PM EST reply actions

Doucheness?

It’s douchebaggery, clearly the above comments are not doucheness, but more along the lines of traditional run of the mill douchebaggery.

By the way, I like the freshmen, we’re about to be stacked… Butler and Ruoff both often push to much instead of letting the game come to them and it ends up killing us. It isn’t football and while we’ve spent the last 7 years building our football program PITT has spent it building their basketball program. That being said I’m betting Huggins over Wandstadt to catch up.

….douche

by WVU-SC on Feb 10, 2009 6:36 PM EST reply actions

I can’t stop staring at the middle girls boobs. They are AWESOME.

by 5th Year Senior on Feb 11, 2009 11:22 AM EST reply actions

sounds like somebody is gearing up for humpday

by WVUIE97 on Feb 11, 2009 11:27 AM EST up reply actions

speaking of humpday...

where the F is it?

by couchburner on Feb 12, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions

Agreed On The Scintillating Rack...And...

I also can’t stop noticing the way the top of the skirt on the girl on the far left pulls so perfectly across her hips.

by JP Fanshawe on Feb 13, 2009 9:19 AM EST up reply actions

Avoid Trouble

I guess I should also mention that it reminds me of my wife…

by JP Fanshawe on Feb 13, 2009 9:20 AM EST up reply actions

WVU-SC

Were you including me in the douche comments? If so, that’s your opinion, and you are entitled to it.

I however disagree. The game was terrible to watch. Most of it can clearly be blamed on the way the game was officiated. And as much as I hate Pitt, I have to agree that even Pitt got some shitty calls.

My opinion, the real turning point of the game probably would be when WVU could not convert on the foul/technical foul on Blair. That would have been there chance to really make a run and get Pitt on their heels, but they couldn’t convert. Now I know that was late in the game, with what only about 9 minutes to go, but had they converted that they could have started something.

Truck will eventually turn into a quality pg, but he needs experience, which he is getting. I have to think that the team will still pull at least 20 wins, win in in the first round in the BET and then make it into the madness.

I honestly believe that this team, when they get Ruoff and Butler on the same page and get one or two others contributing just a tad more than what they are, they can be a tough team to play and a team you don’t want to match up with.

by BurghMountaineer on Feb 11, 2009 3:38 PM EST reply actions

Burgh

I was merely admiring your use of douchness.

by WVU-SC on Feb 11, 2009 6:44 PM EST up reply actions

Burgh

Sorry after rereading that wasn’t your douchness, but to answer your question no I wasn’t referring to you and the officiating did affect the watchability of the game.

Hosts, I dig the new site. Will take some getting used to, but I like it.

by WVU-SC on Feb 11, 2009 6:46 PM EST reply actions