[JohnR34231]

I wasn't able to watch

Then maybe you shouldn't comment on the quality of the officiating?  Essentially, our guys were getting mugged nearly every time we went near the basket, and we did not get calls.  USC got every conceivable call.   On the worst one that I saw, Davis got knocked down when a USC player backed into him, and somehow Davis got called for the foul.  The broadcast showed him miming what happened to the referee, to no avail.  On Rule of Tree, they said that a couple of the fouls on three pointers involved leg kicks by USC, which should be called as flops this year under a new rule.  On the first inbounds turnover with 15 seconds left in the second half, Terry got knocked down but did not get a call.  There were plenty of others, too.

Obviously, bad officiating was not the only cause of our loss.  But it sure contributed.

He didn't comment on the quality of the officiating. He merely said that if you have a 20 point lead you shouldn't put yourself in a position to let officiating decide the game.

[JohnR34231]

I wasn't able to watch

Then maybe you shouldn't comment on the quality of the officiating?  Essentially, our guys were getting mugged nearly every time we went near the basket, and we did not get calls.  USC got every conceivable call.   On the worst one that I saw, Davis got knocked down when a USC player backed into him, and somehow Davis got called for the foul.  The broadcast showed him miming what happened to the referee, to no avail.  On Rule of Tree, they said that a couple of the fouls on three pointers involved leg kicks by USC, which should be called as flops this year under a new rule.  On the first inbounds turnover with 15 seconds left in the second half, Terry got knocked down but did not get a call.  There were plenty of others, too.

Obviously, bad officiating was not the only cause of our loss.  But it sure contributed.

He didn't comment on the quality of the officiating. He merely said that if you have a 20 point lead you shouldn't put yourself in a position to let officiating decide the game.