In an completely ass backwards way, college basketball might just be the viewing experience for you if consistency is what you value most in officiating. That consistency might be in a complete lack of common sense, but if you're solely looking for a sport with reliable referees then look no further than the one in which the whistle blowers are so dependably dumb in big spots that even the calls they take far too much time to get technically right are egregiously wrong. Even if you don't take into account the fact that he was fouled prior, there is not a person on the planet that watched De'Andre Hunter smack the ball clean out of Davide Moretti's hand and thought that a frame-by-frame investigation of film was necessary in determining who was responsible for it ending up out-of-bounds. That includes the person who unknowingly forced the turnover, who didn't care to utter a single argument against the original call on the floor. That also includes the person who could have potentially recovered to save himself from said turnover had the ball brushing against his pinky in a form and fashion that not even CSI's most faithful forensics team could provide evidence of been so unbeknownst to him that he actively slowed up and watched his team's National Championship hopes bounce casually into the crowd. At almost any other point of that title game, other than an overtime period during which the score was within one possession, that's Texas Tech's ball without any debate whatsoever. Therefore, at it's absolute best, that reversal was only circumstantially accurate, with said circumstance being the most impactful one during which you'd think the spirit of both the sport and of replay would be most highly prioritized. Of course, actually thinking is the quickest way to find yourself confused by the decision making of the NCAA's most trusted officials. Therefore, the real mistake was made by those, much like myself, that believed logic and reason should have factored into the process of squinting at a tiny TV monitor while determining whether or not to create an otherwise non-existent controversy in the waning minutes of an otherwise awesome championship game. BONUS BUFFOONERY:
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