Mavs' Cuban Rips NCAA As 'Ugly' And 'Ridiculous'
By Mike Fisher | @fishsports
DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) -- "Ugly.'' "Crummy.'' "Ridiculous.''
Outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on Wednesday shared his views on today's sport of college basketball, calling it "uglier than ugly'' and opining that the overall sport is hurt because college players don't know "how to play a full game of basketball."
"If they want to keep kids in school and keep them from being pro players, they're doing it the exact right way by having the 35-second shot clock and having the game look and officiated the way it is," Cuban said before the Mavs' win over visiting Phoenix. "Just because kids don't know how to play a full game of basketball … There are so many things that are ridiculous … It's uglier than ugly.''
Cuban's comments come on the heels of this week's Duke-over-Wisconsin national championship game in which a controversial call played a major role. His view is that the NBA has worked to fix its errors in this department and elsewhere.
Cuban helped motivate change when in the 2001-02 season he stated that Ed T. Rush (then the head of NBA officials) "couldn't manage a Dairy Queen.''
His thoughts on NCAA officiating?
They "couldn't manage a White Castle,'' Cuban said.
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