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...perfect world, an NBA referee is like a kid at a 1950s dinner table - seen, not heard, and most definitely not trying to be the center of the attention. The ref just needs to the keep the contest under control, be fair to both sides, and not miss the obvious call that could decide a game. The playoffs should be remembered for the hot shooting of the upstart Golden State Warriors, the acrobatics of New Jersey's Vince Carter, and the wizardry of Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash...
...paid the ref off—helped a bit,” Suchde admitted after the match...
...games offer various reasons for refusing to foul when up three. Cal coach Ben Braun, who teeters between the two tactics, nervously rattles off the risks of fouling another player. What if an 18-year-old kid gets too amped up and really whacks a points guard, causing the ref to whistle an intentional foul, which gives the opponent both two foul shots and the ball back? (Though after the no call last weekend on Ohio State's Greg Oden, who practically gang-tackled an Xavier player, it's hard to imagine anyone getting whistled for an intentional foul...
...calls. “It is easy to get frustrated when it gets physical, especially in tough games,” said Chu, who drew a hard body check six minutes into the third period. “We can’t control what the ref does. We can only control how we play.”OTHER TOURNEY NEWSEach of the top three seeds in the conference—Dartmouth, St. Lawrence, and Harvard—won its quarterfinal series in two games to advance to the semifinal round next weekend in Hanover, N.H.Fifth-seeded Colgate upended fourth...
...contest—as it matched the Catamounts’ 26 shots on goal. But despite the number of power plays that resulted from the 20 penalties called on both sides, Harvard failed to break the scoring drought that persisted through the rest of regulation. “[The ref] called way too many penalties,” Reese said. “I thought it was ridiculous. [For] both teams—he was calling everything. If you touched a guy, he called a penalty. It kills the momentum of the game.” No matter how much...