Former Manhattan, St. John's and New Mexico head basketball coach Fran Fraschilla, now a college basketball commentator for ESPN, isn't usually the type to trash the officials. But last night's Stanford-UCLA debacle was too much for him:
"There's one place left in my opinion where that still goes on, where the home team, or the team that's favored to win, gets the advantage. I hate to say it, it's the Pac-10," Fraschilla said. "I wanted to run into a bathroom and throw up last night after that call, because I felt bad for that Stanford team."
Earlier in the same show, Fraschilla referred to the foul called on Lawrence Hill for what appeared to be a clean block on Darren Collison, "the worst call of the season."
How bad a call was it? Even Collison said, "That was a clean block. We were fortunate to get a call on that play. I heard it was a make-up, but we'll take it."
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Fran Fraschilla Bashes Pac-10 Refs, Says, 'I Wanted to Run Into a Bathroom and Throw Up'
Posted Mar 7th 2008 9:34AM by Michael David Smith
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3-07-2008 @ 10:38AM
tom stovall III said...
fran fras.... whatever your name is. I can't believe you being an experienced coach you haven't realized that refs make errors in judgment as do players and coaches. When a team puts itself in a position when a certain call like this could be the difference in a game, there is a chance this type of situation can occur. That's what happens in sports. Besides, watch the replay and watch the BODY contact, not the ball. My only criticism is that the call should of been made by the lead official(under the basket), not the trail offical.
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3-07-2008 @ 11:11AM
Dennis Cameron said...
Basketball referees are the worst of the lot. Look back at most tight games. They swallow their whistles in the last 10 seconds. At the start of a game, especially when it's nationally televised,you would think there are 20 officials out there. They are all performing for their friends and relatives. They are protected by their unions, the league and the broadcasters. "Don't say anything negative about the officials".
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3-07-2008 @ 2:32PM
Vol Fan said...
Tom is a powder blue fan if he really believes that.
The rest of the country lives in reality and knows what a clean block looks like.
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3-07-2008 @ 3:52PM
w0lfe said...
Collison admitted it was a clean block. Is there anything else that needs to be said about the block?
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3-07-2008 @ 4:58PM
Joe Bruin said...
Vol Fan seems to be a little bitter. On the first four replays I saw, it looked like the defender's off hand came down and hit Collison's shooting elbow. If it looked like that to me on the replay, God forbid a ref may or may not have gotten it exactly right every time. One call doesn't make a game no matter how much Stanford or other team haters may have you believe.
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3-09-2008 @ 11:34AM
randi said...
i saw the Stanford / UCLA game & the call at the end. we hate to see a call at that time...however, if you look at the body contact , it was definitely a foul. it was all clean up above at the ball, but the body contact was there . too bad, but it was the right call. replay confirms.
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3-09-2008 @ 11:52AM
margotsis said...
the "over the backboard" shot , as the rule is now, was clearly illegal. the question is, why is it considered "out of bounds'? seems to me that the defense still has the ability to block it on the way up, just like any other spot on the court. maybe it's a bad rule.
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