I have been wanting to do this for awhile, as I have felt that certain officials have been "negligent" in how they call the games this year, compared to how they should be called based on the new rules. In Iowa's losses that have happened in the states (No Villanova game as those were not Big Ten refs), I have the officials listed below along with the ft attempts for each team.
Opponents have attempted 211 ft's in these games compared to 182 for Iowa. Yet for the season, Iowa has attempted 447 ft's, which is 75 more than any team in the Big Ten (Wisconsin is next with 372).
@ Iowa State: Kelly Self, Tom Eades, Mike Sanzere - 36-21 ft attempts, advantage for ISU
@ Wisconsin: Tom Eades, Tim Clougherty, John Gaffney - 35-25 ft attempts, advantage for Wisconsin
@ Michigan: Tim Clougherty, Gene Steratore, John Gaffney - 21-16 ft attempts, advantage for Iowa
Michigan St: Larry Scirotto, Mike Sanzere, Mike Eades - 43-20 ft attempts, advantage for Iowa
Ohio State: Terry Wymer, Earl Walton, Donnie Eppley - 24-19 ft attempts, advantage for Ohio State
Wisconsin: Mike Kitts, Pat Driscoll, Lewis Garrison - 13-9 ft attempts, advantage for Wisconsin
@ Minnesota: Earl Walton, Paul Szelc, Donnie Eppley - 29-22 ft attempts, advantage for Minnesota
@ Indiana: Gene Steratore, Bo Boroski, Mike Eades - 38-22 ft attempts, advantage for Indiana
So after looking this over, does anyone think that we have lacked "aggressiveness" in getting the ball inside in some of these games and changed our game plans? Or do we just have 6 officials such as Tom Eades, Tim Clougherty, John Gaffney, Mike Eades, Earl Walton & Donnie Eppley that just don't like us and our style of ball?
Outside of the Michigan State game where we shot a lot more ft's than them, and only +5 vs Michigan in ft's attempted, we have been out-shot at the stripe quite a bit.
Also, don't forget about the horrible non-travel calls against us at home on Appling (MSU) for the breakaway layup & Jackson (Wisconsin) for the 3 in the corner to Gasser that led to clutch baskets for the opponent.
Thoughts or theories anyone?