Voice of the Hawkeyes Board

C'mon, MT. Don't use the ref excuse. We got outcoached, nothing more, nothing less.

I would say that is was poorly officiated both ways at times. We are used to TV Teddy Valentine officiating our games though so we are used to it. Sometimes he calls fouls when guys look at each other and other times he allows UFC style takedowns with no call. He is horribly inconsistent. Has been that way in the Big Ten all season in my opinion.

There were times in the game that bodies were all over the floor and I'm thinking "Ok there has to be a foul there. I don't know on who, but something wasn't legal there...". He also has a tendency to watch a shot and if it doesn't go in then he blows the whistle which is unbelievably frustrating. Valentine just sucks at his job.

In the first half I felt like the refs (especially Valentine) were calling the game in favor of Iowa. We were thinking it was a big10 order so the conference would get another team in the tournament. Then the 2nd half just came out and was called completely different imo. I definitely thought msu was getting the majority of the calls in the 2nd half. We all hate valentine though. That will never change.

Thanks for the insight. I don't know enough about Valentine, but I can see that his reputation is well below par. It's a shame that the B1G employs this quality of officiating.

"[Iowa] won the basketball game but lost the football game."

-Steve Kerr

Seriously, why does the Big Ten office keep Valentine and Hightower as officials? The entire Big Ten fanbase dislikes them. Is it for the controversy?