He noted how rarely he disagrees with calls now, and smiled, knowing how much his view from the bench colored what he saw on the court.
I can't tell you how many coaches I've talked to who are convinced the refs are out to get them. It's paranoia, of course.
Through the years, my only beef with refs is that some of them know which teams are "supposed" to win and close calls go to the anointed team late in games.
** The ESPN scoreboard crawl must differentiate between men's and women's games by color code or something. How many times has somebody pointed to the TV and said, "I can't believe Connecticut beat Georgetown by 80."
Everybody understands the phenomenon. Trying to distinguish between WBB and MBB is not easy. We've all made that mistake. ESPN can correct the problem by tonight.
** Players who kick their legs out when shooting threes, fall down and start screaming as if hit with a shovel shall be ignored.
** Dick Vitale will never again be allowed to give his all-Duke team, at least not while Georgia Tech is playing Wake Forest.
Life of an assistant coach
West Virginia assistant Billy Hahn attended five high school games at Saint Joseph's on Sunday, Jan. 3, from noon to 8 p.m. He had a few appointments in town the next morning. He spent the evening at the Crowne Plaza on City Line.
He walked out to the parking lot the next morning to head for the appointments. Only his Chevy Tahoe was no longer there.
"The policeman told me that Tahoes are the hottest truck in Philadelphia to steal," Hahn said. "He said, 'They just drive around looking for them. The word we get is they're the easiest truck to break in and get going. These guys are so good at it that they can break into your truck and be driving in 60 seconds or less.'"
The truck had OnStar. It was quickly located - after it had been in a three-car accident.
