re: Auburn 45 @ Tennessee 71 Final

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College basketball is so much worse than the NBA. Refs are making these two bad teams even worse to watch.

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I think it's more of an issue with the SEC than it is elsewhere. Obviously the new rules have largely favored towards the offense, but watching many of the games from around the conferences, and it is not nearly as bad and just as fun to watch. For instance, OU-Texas last night was a very tightly contested ball game that was very physical. In the ACC, Notre Dame-UNC was another that was very physical and allowed contact. I haven't seen a lot of grief from other fans about their officials either, except our own.

To show, there are no SEC teams that are within the top 100 in fewest fouls. There are 5 that are within the top 150 (Alabama, Texas A&M, Florida, LSU, and Mississippi State). 6 SEC teams are within the top 100 in FT attempts.

I've had a lot of disdain for SEC officials in basketball for a while. It's almost an anomaly if a SEC home team has more fouls than the away team.