It’s a sad thing : the ACC apparently doesn’t even realize that it is killing its own brand. The ACC is a basketball conference first and foremost, and despite expansions designed to enhance football, the heart and the soul of the nearly seventy year old league is hoops. And the ACC is killing hoops, little […]
John Clougherty
ACC Tournament Game 1 refs pay tribute to Karl Hess
I am not making this up. According to alert reporter J.P. Giglio, the three officials working the Maryland-Wake game have “KH” on their left shoes. Full story. Hess’ absence is not a form of punishment for the incident at the N.C. State-Florida State game on Feb. 18, Clougherty said, but the three officials who worked […]
Further proof of officiating deterioriation
The precipitous decline in college basketball officials’ ability to call the most basic violation in basketball – the travelling violation – is a topic we have discussed here for years. So, I couldn’t resist an entry this morning when I came across the video below that highlights both the utter incompetence of ACC (and college […]
ACC’s so called ‘statement’ another slap in the face to NC State (10:10pm)
Why did they f***ing bother? In this statement the conference weasels its way into even more disdain from fans focusing on Karl Hess’ authority to remove Chris Corchiani and Tom Gugliotta, while completely ignoring his controversial judgement to do so. —————————————- Feb. 18, 2012 Statement from ACC Supervisor of Officials John Clougherty on the ejection […]
Head of ACC Officials Confirms UNC is a “team that doesn’t foul much”
Lack of Fouls Key for UNC “Historically, even looking back to when Dean Smith coached, UNC has just been a team that doesn’t foul that much,’’ said John Clougherty, the That is a statement from the head of the ACC officials not some UNC PR firm. Can someone explain to me how 4 coaches over […]
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