The Men’s Basketball National Championship Game

Did any of you watch that game last night? It was not the best game that my Bruins have played. However, the officiating was negligent once again. The officiating in this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has been TERRIBLE! And I am not just talking about a mistake here or there, it has been consistently bad from the beginning!

Last night was particularly bad if you are a UCLA Bruins fan. I am sorry, but Noah did not block all of those shots. At least three were fouls and at least one was trapped against the backboard! I am not trying to say that was the difference in the game (how could you do that when UCLA shot around 35% from the floor during the game), but the game would have been ALOT closer if they had been calling fouls on Florida for the same things that earned the Bruins fouls. Case in point, alot of over the back going on under the basket by Florida, alot of offensive charges with a shoulder into the defender by Florida, alot of chest bucking by Florida defenders whenever a Bruin would head to the hoop and, worst of all, alot of travelling was done by Noah throughout the game. The Bruins still should have made their shots but the officiating could have been alot better.

We at UCLA are very proud of our basketball team regardless of the result last night! They were awesome in the tournament and overcame great adversity throughout the year to win both the Pac-10 conference and the Pac-10 tournament. They were only picked for third in the Pac-10 at the beginning of the year. Boy, did they surprise everyone but the most faithful over the course of this past season. With this loss last night in the National Championship game, they should be really hungry next year. They are returning almost the whole team and you can bet that if they face Florida in next year’s tournament that it will look nothing like last night’s game! Bring on the recruiting, bring on the regular season and bring on the 2007 NCAA Tournament. The Bruins will be ready!!