Had to hit Charlotte following Houston for business reasons. Talk about a bad vibe. For every one congratulatory Tar Heel (I'm proudly wearing Villanova shirts), there are two bitter powder blue fatalists that truly believe the NCAA conspired to keep the National Title away from UNC as punishment for the scandal. I mean they really believe this. It's now 48 hours removed from the emotion of Monday night and some people are still clinging to the notion that the game was fixed.
I admit I have used the term "phantom travel call" when describing the 2005 UNC game, but I never thought the game was fixed. This is a whole different level of conspiracy theory going on here.
I was emailed a post from someone that is a subscriber to their board. This sort of says it all:
"I broke down the game film over a few hours today. 16 net points given to Nova from no-calls or indisputably wrong calls based on the video. This does not count the following possession's result if the defense was able to get set after the play.
In 25 and change years of doing this, the worst I have seen against us is 12 points at Duke, and we won anyway (2006, their senior night), and for us was 15 points vs Vermont early in the 2004-2005 season.
No, I don't have a comprehensive spreadsheet, just the max results, sorry. I wish I did the work now too.
Not sure I will be able to take CBB seriously anymore after this obvious punishment for the ongoing investigation.
Blew them out in the championship game, but lost anyway. Yeah, screw this 'sport'.
I think I'll stick to my own team I coach, and not bother with these $$ and political based shams anymore."
I admit I have used the term "phantom travel call" when describing the 2005 UNC game, but I never thought the game was fixed. This is a whole different level of conspiracy theory going on here.
I was emailed a post from someone that is a subscriber to their board. This sort of says it all:
"I broke down the game film over a few hours today. 16 net points given to Nova from no-calls or indisputably wrong calls based on the video. This does not count the following possession's result if the defense was able to get set after the play.
In 25 and change years of doing this, the worst I have seen against us is 12 points at Duke, and we won anyway (2006, their senior night), and for us was 15 points vs Vermont early in the 2004-2005 season.
No, I don't have a comprehensive spreadsheet, just the max results, sorry. I wish I did the work now too.
Not sure I will be able to take CBB seriously anymore after this obvious punishment for the ongoing investigation.
Blew them out in the championship game, but lost anyway. Yeah, screw this 'sport'.
I think I'll stick to my own team I coach, and not bother with these $$ and political based shams anymore."
