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The Refs aren't favoring U.C.L.A.

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The Refs aren't favoring U.C.L.A. -
buffndm Reputation:52 Level:Pro Since:Sep 12, 2007
	March 27, 2008 3:54 am Score: 71
	Each of those calls would have been the same if it had been North Carolina or Kansas or Memphis or one of a number of other teams instead of the Bruins. OTOH that doesn't change the fact that too many Bruins just aren't playing well right now and if that doesn't change they're going down.
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jaybird1 Reputation:97 Level:Superstar Since:Sep 5, 2006
	March 27, 2008 1:05 pm Score: 87
	Where have you been for the last month? Jupiter? No matter how a team is struggling, it's how for five guys to beat eight guys at this level.
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Nigel_Gladstone Reputation:79 Level:Pro Since:Feb 17, 2008
	March 27, 2008 9:03 pm Score: 62
	"Each of those calls would have been the same if it had been North Carolina or Kansas or Memphis or one of a number of other teams instead of the Bruins."It doesn't mean its right. Favoring one seeds should not exist. But it does, and you would have to be crazy to think UCLA would not get the calls in a game over Memphis. This has been the worst officiated season in any sport that i can remember. It is a real turn off to the sport.
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buffndm Reputation:52 Level:Pro Since:Sep 12, 2007
	March 27, 2008 11:20 pm Score: 76
	Since Memphis is also a #1 seed you're going to have to come up with another rationale for a theory that UCLA would "get the calls in a game over Memphis".
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Nigel_Gladstone Reputation:79 Level:Pro Since:Feb 17, 2008
	March 28, 2008 2:08 am Score: 65
	You are losing this argument so you are picking apart words and sentences. The refs favor the national powers the 1 seeds and so on. However in a meeting of two one seeds. One being a national power (UCLA) and the other being newer to the national scene (Memphis) the refs would go with who they are more familiar with and that is UCLA. But that is not the point. UCLA has gotten ridiculous calls to save them in 3 big games in the past few weeks. One of which would have sent them home. Nobody but UCLA fans and the NCAA want to see this. Enough with the excuses, open your eyes.
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buffndm Reputation:52 Level:Pro Since:Sep 12, 2007
	March 28, 2008 3:29 am Score: 75
	Your idea that referees in any given game favor one team over the other on the basis that they are "more familiar" with that team is borderline rediculous. When you say "the NCAA" wants UCLA to win a given game just who are you referring to? Is it the rules committee, the selection committee, the combined athletic directors, the conference commissioners, the coaches? Just who are you talking about?
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The Refs aren't favoring U.C.L.A. (yes they are) -
Nigel_Gladstone Reputation:79 Level:Pro Since:Feb 17, 2008
	March 28, 2008 6:57 pm Score: 64
	Again you are picking apart words. UCLA is located in LA (imagine that). The biggest market in the West. The big already rich people who run the NCAA make $$ if UCLA is involved in the tournament. Keeping the LA market involved is a lot better for their pockets than a team from Idaho or something. UCLA = $ for the people who run the NCAA.
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