I will start by complimenting Maysville's players. They played tough and fought the entire game from tip until buzzer. It is easy to see how they made it to the Finals. I hadn't heard of Maysville before the Final Four, but I have a newfound respect for the team. But the Karens from Maysville are a different story. They have been blowing up social media since the final buzzer, complaining about everything from officiating to buying players, to my very favorite comments that the boys were flipping off the fans after the game. Let me quickly address all three:
1) Alter's lineup consists of players who have played together throughout their entire grade school years. If you don't believe it, check it out - unless you prefer not to live in reality.
2) Officiating - anyone who watched the game knew that the game plan for Maysville was to impose their will and play super aggressively. That is not Alter's M.O., so don't assume that everything will be equal in foul distribution. In all honesty, there should have been many, many more fouls called than were called. I watched every single final game yesterday, and Maysville was an outlier in their aggressive form of defense. In fact, someone sitting next to me during the DI Final said "this feels like a basketball game and not an MMA fight like the last game."
3) This is my favorite one. The Karens claim that Alter players are flipping off their fans and are posting pictures to that effect all over trying to change the narrative. What they don't realize is that the players are pointing to their ring fingers - something that LITERALLY every basketball player in college or the pros do following a championship. Look at all the photos if you don't believe me. It's a joke that because a hard-fought game was lost, excuses need to be made and rationalization rises to the surface.
1) Alter's lineup consists of players who have played together throughout their entire grade school years. If you don't believe it, check it out - unless you prefer not to live in reality.
2) Officiating - anyone who watched the game knew that the game plan for Maysville was to impose their will and play super aggressively. That is not Alter's M.O., so don't assume that everything will be equal in foul distribution. In all honesty, there should have been many, many more fouls called than were called. I watched every single final game yesterday, and Maysville was an outlier in their aggressive form of defense. In fact, someone sitting next to me during the DI Final said "this feels like a basketball game and not an MMA fight like the last game."
3) This is my favorite one. The Karens claim that Alter players are flipping off their fans and are posting pictures to that effect all over trying to change the narrative. What they don't realize is that the players are pointing to their ring fingers - something that LITERALLY every basketball player in college or the pros do following a championship. Look at all the photos if you don't believe me. It's a joke that because a hard-fought game was lost, excuses need to be made and rationalization rises to the surface.
