I not sure how you feel but when officials take away victories from teams without letting them play the game I began to wonder. In The Pitt versus Butler game 99% of the time the officials would of let the game go into overtime. Everyone talks about the Pitt player for losing his sense of reality but maybe we should speak about the referees. That play you just let go. Horrible CALL! In the Arizona versus Texas game Texas has ball and the lead. The official gives ball to player on the baseline. Then on the refs count of 4 he blows whistle for violation. What is more damaging is that the Texas player called timeout in time and it wasnt until the Texas player called time that official said NO its 5 second violation. Horrible CALL! Big East is the BIG LEAST! Like I said to my pundits. Eleven teams was three too many. The ACC on the other hand only received 3.5 invitations. Look at the records. ACC 7-1 Big East 9-9 with of 4 those not getting past 1st round. Some ATS Numbers for over the past 12 years! SWEET SIXTEEN FAVORITES Spread category W-L 1-3 points..........17-13 3½-6½...............16-17 7-9½................14-9 10 or more points...5-9 Total...............52-48 Spread record by conference: ACC 13-12-1 (1-0), Atlantic 10-7-2 )-1), Big East 12-21 (1-1), Big Ten 16-12 (2-1), Big XII 16-10 (2-0), CAA 1-0, C-USA 5-3, Horizon 2-2 (1-0), MAC 1-1, Mid-Continent 1-0, MVC 1-4, Mountain West 0-2, Pac-10 9-15 (0-1), SEC 12-11 (1-1), SoCon 1-0, Sun Belt 1-0, WAC 2-1, West Coast 2-4 (0-1). ELITE EIGHT FAVORITES Spread category W-L 1-3 points..........4-12 3½-6½...............11-10 7-9½................3-6 10 or more points...1-3 Total..............19-31 Spread record by conference since 1998: ACC 8-6 (1-0), Atlantic 10 3-2, Big East 8-8 (1-0), Big Ten 11-4 (1-0), Big XII 4-14 (0-2), CAA 1-0, C-USA 2-3, Horizon 1-0 (1-0), Pac-10 6-6, SEC 7-4 (2-0), SoCon 1-0, WAC 1-1, West Coast 1-0.
 

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