Testing officials

I’m a 1979 IU graduate and was one of only four people in the room when former coach Bob Knight signed his first IU recruit (Steve Green, Silver Creek H.S., Sellersburg, Ind.) in June 1971, so it’s safe to say I’ve been following IU basketball since then. \nI ask honestly here if Big Ten refs are routinely given lie detector tests to thwart how they can influence games, if they are on the take financially? \nI ask because this season I’ve seen more no-calls of obvious infractions, usually going against the IU players and team, and my eyesight isn’t that good. Is it possible there’s a current unwritten ‘rule’ or spirit among officials to somehow penalize IU because of Kelvin Sampson’s alleged recruiting violations? Are these refs deliberating trying to dictate a game outcome?\nI also ask because when I was sitting at the bar in the ‘Third Base Pub’ in Jeffersonville, Ind., in 1994, IU was comfortably ahead by double digits. But a well-known local bookie suggested to stay tuned – IU would win by three points.\nAnd guess what? IU won by three points. I’ve had a loss of faith in the game and the officiating since that cold February night.\nOur boy Myles Brand runs things up the road in Indianapolis at NCAA headquarters now. Shouldn’t he investigate something? Shouldn’t the Big Ten? Is he in on it, too?