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@RefObserver17@coachbrucepearl Can you explain to me why Pat Adams and Doug Shows are so highly regarded? Every game I’ve watched them officiate and I’ve watched a lot of of them in the SEC they’ve had issues & draw attention to themselves. To me the best officials of the ones you never think about
Between the Kentucky timeout, the missed Santa Clara timeout and now that missed Kentucky travel, the officiating in this final stretch has been questionable!
In this interview on the Selection Show, chair Keith Gill indicated that the committee's belief that BJ Edwards would be available for the NCAA Tournament tipped the balance to make SMU the last team selected. The Mustangs lost four of their last five games while Edwards was injured. SMU told the committee and the public that Edwards would be available for the NCAA Tournament. Now we learn that he will not play tonight vs. Miami (Ohio).
I understand that injuries and availability can be an inexact science, so we should not be quick to assign motives. But it is highly unusual for an injury to have this much consequence on selection, only to have the information prove to be incorrect. There needs to be a full accounting as to what happened and why, and how much the information that SMU provided to the committee was a factor in this decision. It goes directly to the integrity of the process.
I hope this question will be further addressed and clarified in the coming days. In the meantime, I hope we get a great game!
Committee chairman Keith Gill said SMU was the last team in because it had better quality wins than Oklahoma or Auburn.
SMU wins vs. NCAA field with seeds
6. UNC
6. Louisville
10. Texas A&M
Auburn
1. Florida
4. Arkansas
5. St. John's
7. Kentucky
11. Texas
11. NC State
15. Queens
Oklahoma
5. Vanderbilt
8. Georgia
10. Missouri
10. Texas A&M
11. Texas
@BenThomasPreps That’s a bad call. Did not have full possession in the front court when he made that pass. Had a minimum it’s way too close to make that call in a tight game.