Dear Pac 10 refs

Coach Romar may be too classy to say it, but I'm not. UW got jobbed last night. The Hec Heads went to sport to watch the game last night, and what can you say? For many key moments, USC effectively had 7 players on the court, two of them wearing stripes. Admittedly, I am very biased. But USC shot 27 more free throws than UW. UW had 8 travelling violations to USC's 1. And I don't think these numbers were due to USC playing cleaner basketball. On multiple occasions, USC players would switch or drag pivot foots, or go over the back of UW players without whistles, when similar or less egregious plays on the other end would result in travel or foul calls on UW. The absolute worst call was in the second overtime when a clean steal by Pondexter was called his fifth foul. The play was likely to result in a game tying dunk for Quincy and instead, put the game out of reach for UW. Even homer announcer Paul Westphal admitted it was a horrible call. Every year there are about 4 UW games like this, where the refs call an extremely one sided game (sometimes in our favor). The result is boring basketball.