Officiating - how important is it?

[NotWorthy]

Last year Hansbrough couldn't buy a foul at Duke. Will the officials call some fouls this year and will the officiating make a difference?

[HairJordan]

It’s Duke!
1-the refs are biased to begin with
2-the dookies will be flopping, crying, and whining
3-ratface will be screaming and cussing at the refs until they call everything on us

[23Steps]

As long as they keep the dookies from throwing cheap fouls that injure our guys.

[23Steps]

Well, everyone is complaining about Karl Hess. Here's some stats that may validate everyone's complaints:

statsheet.com/mcb/teams/north-carolina/referees

Karl Hess has officiated 9 UNC games- more than almost any two other referees COMBINED. He's called 5 games at the Dean Dome, and in those games, has called 7.1 FEWER fouls in favor of UNC than the season average would indicate- which is almost outside his standard deviation for fouls called in ANY game on the season. Further, his normal margin is home team -2, while at UNC, it's Home Team -7.

[RibeyeWilley]

I'm not sure if it's already been posted, but this seems like a good time for a video of Scheyer walking during the VT game...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3vtLevo44o