I walked out of the arena pissed off. I’m not one to hang an L on refs but they absolutely inserted themselves and changed the game. I'm a big believer (in all replay), if it’s not crystal clear, stick with the call you made. It took a 10 min replay to overturn the call, and it still wasn’t clear.
The female ref missed several calls, including 2-3 travels. That’s why Damon blew up because he had talked to her and Ayers about it several times. On one occasion during a timeout, he asked her about a travel that she didn’t call (did the travel motion with his hands) and then walked the length of the court to have a conversation with Ayers. He was visibly pissed off, as he should have been because they were very inconsistent.
The black dude came down to chat with Damon toward the end, and Damon just turned his back and walked down to the baseline. Personally, I love the fire and competitive nature of our head coach, we have lacked that dating back to Blewitt.
My biggest issue with the officials is they let them play the first 30 mins and then started calling everything, and we seemed to be on the receiving end. We had our chances regardless, and we just have to learn to play a full 40.
In short, **** that officiating crew, I hope we don’t see them again this year, especially Jenna!
