Admit it: when you saw Doug Shows and Doug Sirmons were calling tonight’s game, you got a little worried; however, for the most part, the officials weren’t an issue. John Calipari didn’t even mind the technical called on him with 1:16 left for challenging a basket interference call on Nick Richards.
“Oh yeah,” Cal said when asked if he deserved the technical. “Yeah. I mean, yeah. My thing is, real simple: if an official — this is just my belief, I may be wrong in this — but if you miss a call and don’t make a call, it don’t matter what the coach does.