That was laughable seeing his players got away with TONS of and one hacks the refs didn't call all day. That hack on Tobey as the clock was running out, Nolte's second layup on the right with Pruwitt hacking; no call, countless body contact and that last shot by Reuter was clearly a double hack from #50, #22 from behind. These refs are awful on our home court. That #50 was basically body and hand bumping/pushing off as Reuter was trying to back in with seconds left. I backed it up and watched as #50 was using his hands to the lower back to keep Reuter's advancement and then on the turn, both #50 and #22 from behind hacks Reuter on his arm and wrist as they tomahawk swat at the ball; no call. The three point shot in the first half by Brogdon in the corner, you can clearly see the guard with a straighten arm makes more than causal contact as he attempts to stop Brogdon from following through, but Brogdon had already flipped his wrist, yet the zebras couldn't see the player's arm trying to stop his arm from going forward.
Here's my thing, if you are going to let the one team make body and arm contact on a shooter, then don't call fake flops when our guy goes running up on a shooter and you can clearly see he leans his leg or throws an arm toward a defender. That 3pter on Shayok and one was actually a good call, but the same ref doesn't make the and one when Brogdon his having his shooting arm crossed like swords in the act of shooting and nothing!
Glad to see the refs stop giving Pruwit that garbage leaning in falling down foul. He is really trying to capitalize on that freedom of movement DUMB rule with all the NBA style pivot and leaning in for the layup garbage with the cheap foul calls. They got away with numerous walks also on the one guard that shuffled his feet to pass out for the three. Lot of NBA extra step/shuffle by numerous under the basket shots.
I know people don't like the criticism of the refs, but come on man, that Brogdon in the lane layup had Dixon with an arm bar across the lane on Brogdon's arm as he made the last of his shots. I went back and looked at the series and just rolled my eyes how obvious Dixon had that arm bar when Brogdon got around him. Yet these refs call Hall and Wilkins on DUMB DOPEY BAIL OUT GHOST FOULS! Hall ALL ball on the steal as the guard was fighting for control. That last so call foul on Wilkins was actually a foul on the big guy with the hair in a bun. He had it blocked then he came down and had an arm bar on Wilkins neck/shoulder area to hold him trying to get the rebound. The refs really need to be called out on allowing inferior teams full of back yard hackers to have the freedom of hand checks, TONS of moving screens with CLEAR BODY CONTACT to impede our guys from shifting. Yes we won, but in close games this could have been a difference for an inferior team to STEAL like GW did with lack of calls and lots of freedom of movement on us calls. We should have won this by 30 or more if they had called W&M players with the under the basket hacks and push offs for the rebounds. Not impressed with that Pruwitt kid, he is a big time garbage player and gets away with a lot of hacks, monster body contact on moving screens and that garbage extra pivot lean around layups. I watched him in several games this year and was worried about the style in their previous games of back yard hacking with very few calls, and the same style to score on other teams.
For the record I have nothing against W&M and meet a reunion group when I was staying/visiting Williamsburg a month ago for 4 days. Very nice people and families.
I wanted to attend W&M when I was a teenager because of it's rich history with it's original charter with England, but didn't happen, went on to get two degrees from two other Universities and was at SMU law school when I was going through my divorce. Had to give it up because I had just retired from the military and was in a second career (was a Security Director at Four Seasons/resigned after offered Special Agent position with Justice Dept.) starting over and had those obligations of college funds for the kids, separate home cost, and of course 1250.00 month child support that ended my quest to get my law degree. Had a 3.9 GPA through two degrees and had a perfect 4.0 the first 6 months at SMU.
