Not sure which is more surprising...
Duke starts 2nd half on a 15-2 spurt, or Binghamton has only 4 fouls in 4:30...actually a slower pace than the 1st half...

First, that Obama article was BS, Coach K was joking about that quote. Second, Chris I doubt you watched the first three minutes of the game, I know I didn't because CBS didn't show it. All of those fouls could have been perfectly legitimate, you're letting your bias cloud facts.

6-2 in fouls 8 min in...sheesh...this game even more rigged than "The Batchelor" was...

Duke gets more calls than LeBron and the Cavs do in Cleveland. And they still can't win consistently . They're going to Texas.

Refs have to save duke. Yet none of those teams on tobacco road wants to see the Jayhawks.

are you sure it isnt the refs from the super bowl. yeah, you know, the guys who called 80% of the penalties in the first 45 minutes of the super bowl on the arizona cardinals. no wonder why the cardinals lost the super bowl to the refs, uh, i mean the pittsburgh cheaters. and no i am not a cardinals fan but one of the game which has a black eye now to horrible calls all season long

"I'd say the refs were favoring Duke, but I'd rather not have Mike Krzyzewski berate me. " Another stupid quote by the idiot Chris Chase. they pay you to write articles bro, not to hate on teams and take side. If you gonna do your danm job, do the shlt right! Stop ur bicthin !!!!!!!!!!! and this comes from a NON Duke fan.

"Second, Chris I doubt you watched the first three minutes of the game, I know I didn't because CBS didn't show it"
You see by trying to make others sound like a moron you made yourself sound like a moron.
Unless you live in a part of the country in which CBS changed its broadcasting line-up, basically the whole country saw the whole game from the time that BU won the tip-off until the final buzzer.

let's see, the underdog team is nervous, pressing hard to stay with better team, and they foul, not that unusual. Why say its cheating. It often happens that way in games. seen it often, especially if other team (Duke) knows how to draw fouls, i.e., move the ball around, drive the lane, and get position for rebounds. Maybe that is the way it really is. I have seen it all levels of BB. except for favors granted stars in NBA, it is usually just experience that draws fouls, especially against underdogs.

Let's be real, Chris. I watched this game, and all five of those fouls were legit calls. These Binghamton players were more hyped up than an eight-year-old boy on a pint of espresso. (And can you blame them? This was the biggest game of their lives.) They were gung ho, they got a little too physical, and they got called for it.
Does happen very often? No. But if this had happened against Memphis, would you be railing on the refs favoring John Calipari? I doubt it.

i watched a lot of the games today, and typically the refs favored the higher seeds significantly

chris chase, you are a moron. if you actually watched the game, which you probably didnt, those calls were legit. dukes always been good at drawing fouls. maybe articles like these are why real sports sites like espn wont hire you.

Seriously watch the games and then write more than 60 words...then maybe make a sound point.

As someone who regularly follows America East basketball, it is no surprise to see Binghamton called for so many fouls. They play a style of ball that lends itself to fouling, and against an opponent like Duke, it's going to be foul calls instead of steals, turnovers, and no calls.
I hate Duke, and this wasn't the officials favoring them. This was Binghamton playing loose and getting called for it by the NCAA's top officials.

i watched the game, the calls were soft and crappy. 6 fouls in 3:30 is absurd. especially against duke, who barely steps inside the arc to draw a foul. duke clearly would have won either way, but that kind of foul discrepency is ridiculous.

Chris, you've officially gone too far. Notice how Chris just blindly claims that the refs were calling things in favor of Duke without providing any evidence. Chris, if you actually watched the game you'd see all 5 fouls were legit. Clark Kellog, who you just praised in a prior column, had no problem with any of the calls and even Coach Broadus (the Binghamton Coach) didn't make a fuss about it.
Here's a challenge: point out how each of those 5 fouls were BS and I'll shut up. That's all I ask.
Anyone reading this: I bet Chase doesn't do it.
This is why people make fun of bloggers. You guys aren't journalists, you're like a kid who writes an book report based on reading the back of the DVD. You just make wild accusations because you blindly hate a team. But you're not even good at hating. You basically spray Duke hate like machine gun fire and most of it is ridiculous or tired retreads like Dukie V or Coach K gets all the calls. Do you just copy and paste from blogs written 5 years ago?
Chris: I've posted before and the one time you responded I debunked your argument in two seconds and then you no longer had the gaul to respond to anyone. Unlike a lot of more reputable bloggers you never answer your critics because your assertions are so absurd that you have no way to defend them.
Yahoo!: Chris Chase is a joke, if you have any sense of integrity, fire the guy.

WOW!!! that was unbelievable i watched the Duke game and wasn't impress i agree the ref's are riding Coach's ass right out of the tournament. Everyone's Duke gets their way, how do all 5 starters end up with one foul??? Don't hate because Obama didn't pick you as the favorites.

of all the great games and drama to write about today, chris chase chooses to write about something completely and totally irrelevant to the results of the game. well-done.

Chris Chase in a comment: "And I don't believe I ever said anything different. All I said was that the facts were clear that Binghamton had six fouls in three minutes."
Chris Chase the "Blogger": Apparently the refs in tonight's Binghamton-Duke game aren't mad at Coach K for complaining about President Barack Obama's bracket... All five starters got a foul before the first TV timeout??! That's unbelievable. It's the basketball infraction equivalent of landing a man on the moon."
Chris how can you lie about what you said when your post is RIGHT ABOVE YOUR COMMENT!!!??!?!?! You are obviously implying that the ref's calls were crazy, you were saying much more than Bing got six fouls in three minutes. Now you're a liar too. Stay classy Yahoo!

First of all, I don't care. Second of all I hate duke.

Oh and this matthew m guy has a very BIG MOUTH!! Anyone agree?

I am a huge Duke fan and I agree that they get most of the calls. However did anybody watch all the games today? I try to not believe in conspiracy theory stuff but it's almost as if all the officials got together to make sure there were no upsets today. Several high seeds should have lost but got huge benefits from the officials.

are you guys serious binghampton looked liked a bunch of monkeys going after a bannana against duke they coul never stop them even if they tried biase refs please te only reason they had that any fouls is because they fouled that much bottom line