BIG TEN BASKETBALL IS NOT FANTASTIC

A. Isaac Senior Editor

edhightower 1 BIG TEN BASKETBALL IS NOT FANTASTIC

As I watched the MSU-Penn State game last night, I saw the moment the officials decided they were going to make this game suck.

It was at the end of the first half, Kalin Lucas drove the lane got fouled a handful of times and the refs just let it go.

So the Spartans went into halftime up 13.

And it was only a matter of time before 30+ fouls were going to get called in the second half.

Because, see, that’s what big ten basketball has turned into. Sure, some might say that the Big Ten doesn’t employ its own officials, but dammit, I swear I see Ed Hightower every other game.

And he gets into it too. He stares at the crowd before calls and makes himself part of the game. All of a sudden, an entertaining game for the fans becomes a carousel to the free throw line.

There is no such thing as defense. You try to stay in front of your man and you’re getting a block. The only way you get by is if you pull the Wisconsin flop, something good ‘ol Bo Ryan’s been teaching his lads for the better part of a decade.

So what do you do? Well, in MSUs case, you get a huge lead by halftime and damn well do everything you can to hold on.

Its not basketball and as a fan, I don’t want any part of it

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