FF Refs? Uh oh...

[weezie]

Per Goodman:

http://community.foxsports.com/goodm...nal_title_game

[CrazieDUMB]

dont really know much about refs - is there history here?

[weezie]

Maybe just the older Dukies here will recognize Ted Valentine...

[Welcome2DaSlopes]

April Fools?

[juise]

Maybe just the older Dukies here will recognize Ted Valentine...

I'm 28 and I know all about him. Very flamboyant and seemingly likes to make calls for show... quick with the technical fouls. I'm not sure I see his presence as specifically being bad for Duke. He's just a bit of a loose canon.

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

I'm 28 and I know all about him. Very flamboyant and seemingly likes to make calls for show... quick with the technical fouls. I'm not sure I see his presence as specifically being bad for Duke. He's just a bit of a loose canon.

Mmmmm... maybe Huggie can get a technical for unsportsmanlike attire.

[hudlow]

At least it's not Lenny Wirtz.

He was the Tar Heels' sixth man on the floor.

hud

[Bluedog]

At least it's not Karl Hess. I don't recognize the final four refs except Les Jones and Jamie Luckey.

Mmmmm... maybe Huggie can get a technical for unsportsmanlike attire.

Nope, Valentine is only doing the title game so won't be seeing Huggie.

[hurleyfor3]

Horse, meet cart. I'm praying we will have the opportunity to be in a game Valentine refs.

[weezie]

Yes, of course, of course. I thought some people might find it interesting.

[DevilHorns]

Analysis of Ted Valentine

http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/ted-valentine/trends

I love the internets.

[Tom B.]

Maybe just the older Dukies here will recognize Ted Valentine...

Valentine has been a fixture in Final Fours for a while. He reffed Duke's 1991 and 1992 semifinal wins over UNLV and Indiana.

[calltheobvious]

This is actually great news for all four teams. There's not an ounce of dead wood on that list.

[Mrezt]

Isn't Curtis Shaw the guy that stared down John Wall when wall complained (try to stay away from team-liking bias here). He's quite the hothead/quick whistle. I believe the head of NCAA officials also had to pay him a visit at half-time to discuss his officiating.

Duke has no say in who officiates. We just need to take care of business, hit shots, rebound and play lock-down defense.

I'm almost giddy at the chance to go to the champ. game, and have a chance to bring home #4. We would be ecstatic, carolina and uk fans (or anyone who hates Duke) would be pissed..love that, and ill get to see one of my favorite Duke teams win it all

[Duvall]

This is actually great news for all four teams. There's not an ounce of dead wood on that list.

Except for the twelve pounds sitting on Jamie Luckie's shoulders.

[calltheobvious]

Except for the twelve pounds sitting on Jamie Luckie's shoulders.

Sorry to be slow. Is there a joke there that I'm not seeing, or are you simply disagreeing with my assessment of Luckie? Fine by me either way, just asking...

[hudlow]

I do believe that a tightly called game would be in Duke's favor.

hud

[Welcome2DaSlopes]

I do believe that a tightly called game would be in Duke's favor.

hud

How so?

[Cockabeau]

Expect Ted Valentine to ream Duke if we get the the final game.

IIRC, the games he refed for Duke this year were atrociously one sided against Duke.

[Exiled_Devil]

How so?

WVU plays defense like a more athletic Purdue. If that game was called tightly, we would have been in the double bonus about 4 minutes into each half, given how grabby and hands on the players were on the perimeter.