Huggins Giving It Good to Referees About Duke Calls

[BCEagle74]

All Americans --they don't foul..

WOW...looked like a block to me too.

Duke blowing out the Mountain kids.

Recruiting all over America and going for Big Men may pay off in National Title.

Anyone remember my BC vs. Gonzaga and others posts and many shots versus BC on Big Men and having 15 fouls.

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Bc was finished 4 years ago when Barcolounger shut it down.

So glad you noticed.

[BCEagles25]

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[BCEagle74]

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[angrychicken]

I had to take a break from the hoops weirdoness on this board this weekend, so I apologize if this has already been addressed. Did anyone else get creeped out by Huggins dry humping Butler when he went down? Spare me the "He really cares about his players" and the "I wish we had a coach like that" arguments. It was fucking weird.

[pick6pedro]

I had to take a break from the hoops weirdoness on this board this weekend, so I apologize if this has already been addressed. Did anyone else get creeped out by Huggins dry humping Butler when he went down? Spare me the "He really cares about his players" and the "I wish we had a coach like that" arguments. It was fucking weird.

I bet he was wearing spandex under his track suit. Creeped out doesn't begin to describe it.

[eepstein0]

(1) The Duke officiating problem in NCAA Basketball has existed for years. I'm so sick and tired of Duke getting every questionable call because the refs fear Coach K or are told to help Duke. It had nothing to do with WVU playing awful and losing, but the NCAA has to fix this issue.

(2) The Huggins thing was nothing short of awkward.

[Art Vandelay]

I was also a little weirded out by that. I'm sure he does care about the kid but that got a little creepy.

Also, I thought so at the time and I saw the replay several times this weekend and I don't care what Huggins says, that was the right call. It's unfortunate his kid got hurt, but it was a charge.

[cvilleagle]

I had to take a break from the hoops weirdoness on this board this weekend, so I apologize if this has already been addressed. Did anyone else get creeped out by Huggins dry humping Butler when he went down? Spare me the "He really cares about his players" and the "I wish we had a coach like that" arguments. It was fucking weird.

There's a moment where it looks like huggins drooled into Butler's mouth - I think it's actually just his necklace reflecting, but the whole thing was gross.

[Art Vandelay]

(1) The Duke officiating problem in NCAA Basketball has existed for years. I'm so sick and tired of Duke getting every questionable call because the refs fear Coach K or are told to help Duke. It had nothing to do with WVU playing awful and losing, but the NCAA has to fix this issue.

(2) The Huggins thing was nothing short of awkward.

I really didn't think the refs did Duke any favors in the WVU game.

[eepstein0]

(1) The Duke officiating problem in NCAA Basketball has existed for years. I'm so sick and tired of Duke getting every questionable call because the refs fear Coach K or are told to help Duke. It had nothing to do with WVU playing awful and losing, but the NCAA has to fix this issue.

(2) The Huggins thing was nothing short of awkward.

I really didn't think the refs did Duke any favors in the WVU game.

It stops in the NCAA Tournament for the most part, although Brian Zoubek committed 4 fouls in the first 3 minutes of that game. Maybe it's something the ACC needs to look into, that's more where my complaint is.

[MilitantEagle]

I'm always bothered when trainers get all up on the athlete and Huggins took it to the next level and beyond. It was extremely uncomfortable to watch.

[pick6pedro]

Also, I thought so at the time and I saw the replay several times this weekend and I don't care what Huggins says, that was the right call. It's unfortunate his kid got hurt, but it was a charge.

It was absolutely the right call. It's high-level athletics - it happens. I hate the implication Huggins made that just because a player is on the ground hurt that the opposing team was at fault. Also find it interesting that the BE has this "hard-playing" conference rep, but that they were very much "out-toughed" by a team in a conference that is supposed to be "soft" (or at least more soft than the BE).

And the refs didn't give Duke many calls in that game. More fouls called on Duke and the Devils took less than half the FT's the 'Neers did (and no FT's taken in the first 27 minutes of the game. By the time they took a FT Duke was already up 9).

[bignick33]

The cradling of the head is what weirded me out the most.

[angrychicken]

The cradling of the head is what weirded me out the most.

This, combined with the caressing of his face with his thumb made it creepy.

[cvilleagle]

Also, I thought so at the time and I saw the replay several times this weekend and I don't care what Huggins says, that was the right call. It's unfortunate his kid got hurt, but it was a charge.

It was absolutely the right call. It's high-level athletics - it happens. I hate the implication Huggins made that just because a player is on the ground hurt that the opposing team was at fault. Also find it interesting that the BE has this "hard-playing" conference rep, but that they were very much "out-toughed" by a team in a conference that is supposed to be "soft" (or at least more soft than the BE).

And the refs didn't give Duke many calls in that game. More fouls called on Duke and the Devils took less than half the FT's the 'Neers did (and no FT's taken in the first 27 minutes of the game. By the time they took a FT Duke was already up 9).

They really just let both teams play. Really early on Zoubek knocked one of the WVU players out coming in from behind on an offensive rebound, and I thought "uh-oh, here it comes", but the refs just consistently let a lot of contact go, which is actually how I prefer it, as long as they do it for both teams.

[HJS]

The announcers called it perfectly. Butler's left leg buckled when he planted to jump. Absolutely ZERO contact until after he blew his ACL. Huggins is a miserable human being.

Blowing an ACL doesn't hurt that bad. He was sobbing on the floor... not because of pain... but because of the realization that his entire BB career is over and all he has to show for it is a West Virginia diploma.

[BCMcG]

The announcers called it perfectly. Butler's left leg buckled when he planted to jump. Absolutely ZERO contact until after he blew his ACL. Huggins is a miserable human being.

Blowing an ACL doesn't hurt that bad. He was sobbing on the floor... not because of pain... but because of the realization that his entire BB career is over and all he has to show for it is a West Virginia diploma.

Diploma? Has Huggins EVER graduated a player?

[HJS]

The announcers called it perfectly. Butler's left leg buckled when he planted to jump. Absolutely ZERO contact until after he blew his ACL. Huggins is a miserable human being.

Blowing an ACL doesn't hurt that bad. He was sobbing on the floor... not because of pain... but because of the realization that his entire BB career is over and all he has to show for it is a West Virginia diploma.

Diploma? Has Huggins EVER graduated a player?

Butler is a Bielen recruit and is supposed to be a good guy. So... I figured... since he was there for 4 years and since it is only WVU, that he would graduate despite Huggins.

[RegalBCeagle]

The announcers called it perfectly. Butler's left leg buckled when he planted to jump. Absolutely ZERO contact until after he blew his ACL. Huggins is a miserable human being.

Blowing an ACL doesn't hurt that bad. He was sobbing on the floor... not because of pain... but because of the realization that his entire BB career is over and all he has to show for it is a West Virginia diploma.

Wow, HJS with a Spot-on Post. Who woulda thunk it!

[branchinator]

The announcers called it perfectly. Butler's left leg buckled when he planted to jump. Absolutely ZERO contact until after he blew his ACL. Huggins is a miserable human being.

Blowing an ACL doesn't hurt that bad. He was sobbing on the floor... not because of pain... but because of the realization that his entire BB career is over and all he has to show for it is a West Virginia diploma.

Not only that but he looked like a top 20-25 pick in the NBA draft before the game and now he probably won't be drafted since he'll be out of action for a year. That's a lot of guaranteed money out the window.