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Bryan Kalbrosky

How Arkansas brilliantly capitalized on poor NCAA officiating to knock Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga out

Did you hear that whistle? Nothing happened. But the refs just called yet another foul on Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren.

Possession after possession, and for three of the five fouls he was called for, it felt all this center did to earn each foul was exist while tall on a basketball court. But that didn’t seem to matter to the referees that officiated Gonzaga’s loss against Arkansas.

You didn’t have to have any invested interest in Gonzaga to come to this conclusion. It was just infuriating watching how quick the whistles came against Holmgren, especially considering how much the game was impacted by all of the controversial calls.

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