Does the difference between B1G and NCAA tournament officiating help Michigan in March?

I am going to say Yes, but that is just because I don't think it can be any worse. B1G officiating does not mesh with Michigans current style. 

fuck wisconsin

/didn't read the topic, sorry.  stil pissed

I have thought this for months.  I think if we can avoid Big Ten style officiating (though frankly, it's catching on, particularly in the Big East) we're in the Final Four.  If we can get a nice streak of ACC refs, we can win the title.

What frustates me is that even at home we are not getting a great whistle. Two of three egregious calls/no-calls by the zebras on Tuesday went against us (the not called flagrant and Craft's 3 which was way after the shot clock buzzer and never overturned). Not being a conspiracy nut, I just want everything at Crisler if we are going to get the typical road nonsense from these guys which we have so far.

And to answer the original question - yes, it helps. Neutral games will be a great thing for Michigan.

on neutral court it usually benefits the more talented teams. I still think this UM team had just as much talent as anybody, so it should work to their advantage.

I will say they need to tighten up their defense, rebounding, and shot selection before March if they want to make a Final Four run.

That the NCAA Tournament officiating is a horrific wake-up call to Big Ten teams that thrive on the Big Ten officiating. How many Final Fours has Wisconsin been to under Ryan? How many times have they finished near the top of the standings?

A few reasons:
1. MSU and OSU have reached final four multiple times over the last decade
2. Kansas has been finalist 2x in last 5 years and Self's teams play B1G style
3. Big East has similar style with full muggings and they are fine in March
4. Most importantly, the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games can get very rough between 2 good, determined teams

We need toughness and the ability to grind out tough wins.

Our team is as tough as others.  I just want to see a mesh of ticky tack to shoving in the big ten.  They either call call way too many fouls or let people mug each other to the point where they can't get the ball in the rim.

Novak wasn't physical?  Our guys are plenty physical.  Regardless of how physical you are it's hard to finish shots when's you're getting shoved.

For everyone freaking out, Michigan is still the odds on favorite to WIN the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/futures/

History tells us those Vegas guys know what they're doing. Remember where the basketball program was 2 years ago, 3 years ago, last year?

This is what Wisconsin does. They were a 2 point underdog today - the Kohl Center is full of whimsical basketball shot making fairies. Relax.

I was thinking that it would help us during OT, but then I watched the beginning of UNC and The U and I felt the officials let them play through 3 early fouls. HS Bball in Ohio is trending the way of " let them play" as well. I hate it, as it uglies up the game and penalizes aestetichally pleasing bball so that less talented or more poorly coached teams can compete.

There actually aren't any conference officials in basketball.  There are just NCAA officials.  These same referees work games in other conferences.  

I think the issue is more that college basketball officials aren't as good at tuning out the home crowd as NBA officials are, and that our conference happens to have a lot of raucous venues. In the tournament, in front of neutral crowds, the games aren't going to be called as one-sided.

The one thing I would question is how much our ability to avoid foul trouble is related to the B1G refs. It's conceivable that some of the reason why we pick up so few fouls has to do with the refereeing. I don't think this will be too much of an issue because 1. Our generally less physical style of play means we'll have less of a dropoff than other Big Ten teams and 2. Going down a bit from having the 4th fewest (or whatever the rank is) fouls won't hurt us that much.

So I would agree that the switch will benefit us but, beyond opening up the offense, it might force us into some tactical changes on the defensive end.

There may not be strictly BIG 10 officials, but the officials that ref BIG games don't generally travel out of the region. Terry Wymer did both OSU-UM games and almost every Buckeye game according to their fans. From same area as Aaron Craft and they refer to him as their 6th man.

Michigan's defensive style is to stay in front and not foul.  This works against us in Big Ten play because teams are not penalized properly for all the clutching, grabbing and bumping.  Since we don't do this as much as other Big Ten teams, we don't benefit at home, and are at a big disadvantage on the road.

In the tourney, one would hope our style will be an advantage.  It will do two things for us - one, it will open our offense back up so we can get guys like Stauskas and Glenn Robinson III major involvement again.  Two, we won't have to adjust our defenses for the style of officiating we're facing.  Foulfest teams like Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State will have to figure out how to play *real* defense, and to get *real* position on rebounds.  A much more difficult task than we will face (I think this has been hurting the Big Ten for a while now, actually).

My problem is that we've dropped at least two games where I think style of officiating might have mattered, and are likely to drop another at MSU this coming week.  We *probably* win these if we are able to play our game and they are penalized properly for playing theirs.  These losses could keep us from getting the number one seed we would easily get if we were in, say, the ACC.  That number one seed gives us a much easier path to a final four.  Unlike others, I'm not so sure the BIG is going to get more than one top seed.

Will the different set of officials help our bigs make 2 ft shots & layups in the March?  If so then yes, they'll help a lot.

You know I bitch as loudly as anybody about the B1G officiating bias - especially at Assembly Hall - but the facts are we left a shit-ton of points out there by repeatidly missing bunnies at point blank range.  The handful of calls that admidtidly all went against don't mean squat if our bigs can knock down short range shots and Stauskas gets his stroke back.  

Everyone here hates Jay Bilas (rightfully so) but he has pointed out that the officials are part of the reason to blame for some of the play in college basketball. They let way too much go and don't allow the game to be played as it was meant to. Not only are they not following the rules, no one wants to watch Wisconsin play thug ball and make the game as boring as possible. It's sad and pathetic.

There are a lot less ticky tack calls in March. Whether that helps or hurts Michigan, i don't know, but it makes the game a lot more fun to watch. 

Sidenote: there are no such things as "big ten refs". Hightower, Valentine, etc ref for other conferences too, and you will see them in March as well. 

I'd like to think so but remember that #1 seeds are always rooted against by every other fan in attendance so while the game will be played on a neutral court the cheering will be anything be neutral.  And I've learned anything watching basketall for the past 45 years or so it's that officials LOVE TO BE CHEERED as much as any of the players on the court.  So 50-50 calls always, always, always go to the side that generates the most applause.

So dont be so sure the officiating is going to be any big help come March.

...then watched us get abused by Blake Griffin. (And no I am not complaining about the officiating...it just wasn't what I expected.)

I think the issue is not that they let a lot of fouls caused by physical play go uncalled, it's their inconsistent officiating. And it's not just inconsistent during a single game, but from crew to crew. What's called a foul one time, isn't necessarily called the same way if it occurs again. I can only hope this will help Big Ten schools come tourney time, because no team will have had a chance to get set in their ways on how they adjust their play to a certain reffing style. We shall see. Regardless, I hate Big Ten refs.

I wanna see our coach throw a fucking chair out onto the floor. That is all.

All if it. We outplayed them and won by 3. Then they took a shit, and it went in from 40 feet away.