IMO the refs predetermined they were not going to call any Michigan fouls on Thomas.

This game reminds me of when we played Wisconsin in 2006 (?) and they were so physical and the refs swallowed their whistles.

Michigan was big and physical and the lack of calls made it impossible for our game to be completely successful

By calling that offensive foul on Dickenson late they admitted that they had been letting him get away with offensive fouls all game

Michigan played as physical if not more physical in the first half...they had 5 fouls. Second half they started to call some but it was too late. Dickinson fouled more than I’ve ever seen a player in college basketball. He got 4 fouls in the second half and it could have been 10 if they called fouls when we drove. The fact he had 0 in the first half is absolutely laughable.

I don’t know that it was intentional, because there were some bad calls both ways.

What I do know is the way the game was officiated completely neutralized a top 4 scorer. Love it or hate it Thomas lives off getting to the line by generating contact in his drives. Officials let him get pushed around all night. Our best shooter should’ve been at the line for at least 8 more free throws and Mich defenders should’ve been in foul trouble.

These officials called the game in a way completely inconsistent with how the rest of our games were officiated. That’s the problem. Different crews have different standards and tendencies and tonight those calls were clearly not in LSUs favor.

I felt that Howard intimidated the officials , similar to Oates , he was constantly barking at them

Ya I’m sure that was part of their pre game meeting. Probably met with Vitale about it too.

Some of our fans are as whiney about refs as they are about Saban

I saw early in the game that they were going to give Dickinson wide lattitude to abuse players. I really thought that Wade in the first half should have gotten a trash man to go in and harass Dick so as to force him into fouls. But it was not so much Dickinson as the WIDE OPEN THREES!!!!

The “charge” combined with the last play made it obvious.

Pathetic that an agenda played a role. The kids deserved better

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Also the "offensive foul" with Michigan dude moving

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That one was horrible. Took away a basket and what should have been an "and 1". That created a big momentum swing when LSU could have gotten back in the game. The announcers took issue with that call too.

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IMO the refs predetermined they were not going to call any Michigan fouls on Thomas.

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Cam shot more FT than any player in that game, on either team.

And team FT were Michigan 25, LSU 23, so virtually even.

The cheating ref narrative is utterly embarrassing.