A few words on the Harvard refs

Many fans were upset with the refereeing Saturday night when Penn lost to Harvard in double overtime. Among other things, there were two free-throws awarded to the wrong Harvard player and there was little discussion or review of Zack Rosen's buzzer beater, which, it turns out, didn't go in on time.

Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky was livid after the game and came over to the scorer's table, where he had an intense (to say the least) conversation with the Ivy League's coordinator of officials, Reggie Greenwood who was at the game to rate the referees.

The Inquirer's Kevin Tatum caught up with Greenwood, who had this to say about the officiating Saturday:

"My purpose and sole reason for being there is to observe, teach, critique, and evaluate the officials," said Greenwood, who declined to say how they graded out that day. "It was a very difficult game to referee. What was at stake . . . the crowd and the atmosphere. But you have to manage the game, and they were up to the task."

Maybe Penn would prefer those mediocre 2,000-person crowds to make things easier on the refs.