Rick: Statsheet’s the best thing I’ve got for analyzing this.
Packfanistan: I may be a black helicopter guy. I certainly don’t think that in football though. Anecdotally, what I have seen over the past 10 years is reinforced by some of the statistical outliers.
Basketball is the game in the US, along with baseball that officiating plays the largest part of the game. In no other game that is popular in the US does the official make judgement calls on every play that impact the eligibility of the player in the game.
There’s known fact that basketball games have been manipulated via officiating. It’s clearly obvious that Swof’s dirty and runs the conference in a pro-UNC fashion. It’s also obvious that Duke/UNC have been colluding for mutual benefit.
The numbers are the numbers in the vacuum. They’re just more alarming in the greater context, which is what you’re talking about.
