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Officiating is 'slumping' entering NCAA tourney

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Monday, March 17, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- Referee Michael Eggers was coming back to the court for the second half of the Pac-10 semifinal between USC and UCLA on Friday, a day after calling the most controversial foul in the conference tournament. On Thursday, Eggers called a fifth foul on Arizona State's Jeff Pendergraph, whistling him for an over-the-back call on USC's Davon Jefferson, negating Pendergraph's slam dunk that would have tied the game at 57-57 with 16.9 seconds remaining. And 24 hours later, sitting i ...

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