South, no doubt the refs do that, but when do you call a foul and on who, at what time?. That kind of decision process put in the hands the officials in itself is game changing and dubious. I think calling the fouls and travels as they happen when they happen will make the players and coaches adjust. I don't want to see NCAA games turn into NBA games where it becomes a combination of no dribbling, no defense and one on one.
Most blatant failure of the officials was an intentional slap in the face by Lyle of Kentucky. Millions saw it and should have been a flagrant 1 foul. 2 free throws and the ball. It would have been a huge swing in the game at that time. How do 3 refs see that on slow motion video and not see what everyone else on earth saw? No way?? I can see them missing the shot clock violation because it was not reviewable and 80,000 people were screaming.
34 fouls were called in the game and they were spread out very nicely so that only one person fouled out in the final seconds on an intentional foul. On the other hand, I will give the refs credit for not getting overly energetic in their "theatrics" when calling a foul. Usually you can easily tell what side they are on watching the enthusiasm with which they make a call on a certain team.
All in all, great game and best team won.