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Those are the calls that I’m talking about. And it just so happened to be in BWA and multiple teams complain about the same thing when they come to BWA.

Are you hinting at something, or will you come straight out and say that you believe there is a conspiracy among the league and college hoops officials to cheat on behalf of Arkansas at Bud Walton? That's what it sounds like.

Truth is, in every arena there is the potential for officials to be influenced in favor of the home team. The larger and more vocal the crowd, the greater the potential. It's not coincidental that 50/50 calls at BWA "seem" to go in the home team's favor. It's also true we see the exact same phenomenon at Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and most other places where they routinely pack in 15,000+ rowdy fans. There's no conspiracy for Arkansas, it just so happens that all of our high profile games against highly ranked teams this year took place in BWA with large tv audiences watching.

If there were any concerted effort to ensure an Arkansas win, Will Wade would have been assessed technicals for several of his antics. Officials repeatedly settled for warnings when giving him a T was entirely justified. Also, everyone wants to whine about the hook and hold at the end of the game (right call btw), but they never consider that in light of the dubious hook and hold that went against Devo in the first half. LSU player had Devo across the chest and as Devo is losing his balance, he hooks the arm. Folks pushing their anti-Arkansas opinions conveniently dismiss that.