Will The Refs Play A Role?

"Jeff Green traveled! (clap, clap, clapclapclap)!"

That was the first chant of the afternoon, coming from an early-arriving crew of 10 or so Ohio State fans. Green, the Georgetown player who traveled on a game-winning shot earlier in the tournament against Vanderbilt but didn't get whislted for it, simply smiled.

Non-calls have been rare, though. More frequent and distressing have been the whistles for touch fouls and normal course of action contact.

And with two leviathans ready to get it on in the first semifinal, there should be real worry that the Ohio State-Georgetown game is going to be altered by officiating. It's good for college basketball if Roy Hibbert and Greg Oden only have to sit because of fatigue, not foul trouble.

It will be very interesting to see how this game is called.