NCAA MBB II

From what I can tell, the refs are doing just about everything they can to hand this game to K-State.

Update: With that third foul on Gibson, I am now calling for an official inquiry into match fixing. Every rebound K-State is pushing off. Every drive by K-State starts with a travel. Gibson is hacked every time he is near the hoop, it's called about 25% of the time.

dr., I know you want to whine about Beasley. The entire first half has been the longest make-up (non) call in the history of the sport.

Half-time assessment: Definitely fixed.

End-of-game: Have not seen a match so obviously fixed since the last time I watched Italian soccer. I imagine that it went something like this:

CBS: We're going to sell Beasley as the greatest thing since bubbles in cola, so K-State can't lose in the first round. We're going to need you to fix the game.

NCAA: Well, it can't be obvious.

CBS: How 'bout this? Call a couple of fouls on Beasley early. We can still talk about how awesome he is without him screwing it up by underperforming. But then you call fouls on USC left and right. They don't have a deep bench. This way when Beasley comes back in, there will be no one left to defend him. And ignore every other foul committed by K-State. And ignore the traveling.

NCAA: What do we get in return?

CBS: We promise to keep not mentioning in any way the destruction of higher education in this country and how athletic departments have basically taken over many campuses. We'll also stay mum about the fact that only about 50% of these guys are going to actually graduate. Or the fac that their chances are much lower if they're black. Or that these games are happening during finals week, making a mockery of the notion that these men are students first, athletes second.

NCAA: Deal.