Originally Posted by
campered
You very well could be right with your analysis. But in my "eye test", I saw an egregious error in tournament planning that very well could and did affect the outcome of the game. My "eye test" showed each time SC scored or made any type great play being offensive or defensive, the camera went to the crowd. Sure you saw Gamecock fans with their victory rags waving, as you would expect. Then, after a play one would see UNC fans rooting against Duke. UNC fans even waving Gamecock rags!! I tell ya, this was going on after every play SC made during the entire game. Talk about media bias!! The lead engineer of that broadcast made sure who the crowd was rooting for!! Talk about Home Court advantage! Sure we knew it would be, having to play in SC and having to play SC only an hour and half from their home, but to play them on a court that ended up with a CarolinaX2 fan base? UNC was in a different region, and had no business being in Greenville, especially playing before Duke, setting up the NC/SC onslaught of fans!! This is the NCAA tournament! Duke was in the East. Unc in the South. This scenario should have never happened in Greenville. Sure, I know we got beat by a team that played great, but how much of that greatness was buoyed on by that double whammy? I think the answer is obvious!! One could even make the case that SC did not belong in Greenville. Either way, the committee placing these teams together was unfair in an affair such as the NCAA Tournament. Any basketball fan with experience watching these games, should realize what a setup is, and was that night! That is my "Eye Test" result!!