1.) In Basketball the SEC Office is not in charge of Basketball Officials. The SEC does not have ii's own officials, as the officials are regional and may call a SunBelt game on Monday, ACC on Tuesday and an SEC on Wed. That being said, Shows should be put out to pasture. He seems to have a bad night every time I see him call a game, regardless of league.
2.) The announcers quietly inferred that the officials were having a bad night in the first half and that they should regroup at halftime.
3.) The Officials blew three calls on Petty, no doubt. The officials did not commit a stupid foul on the three point shooter as the clock was expiring. The officials did not try to drive the lane into an opposing player three times. The official did not commit a shove of the opposing player on an entry pass. The officials did not leave their feet three times to make errant passes. The officials did not have Gary in the corner taking a three point shot. The officials did not go 0-9 on three point shots like Reese, Gary and Ellis. The officials did not go 26 of 69 from the field and 15 of 36 inside of three feet from the basket, shooting 37% for the game.
4.) Oats cannot take the shots for the team, as only the players are allowed to shoot.
5.) The officials did not commit 6 traveling violations, each one being legitimate.
6.) Alabama will not win many games where Shackelford only plays 22 minutes.
As a player you must adapt to the way the officials are calling the game, and Alabama did not do that adjustment Herbert Jones has been picking up stupid fouls the last two weeks, much like in his first two years at Bama. We cannot win a game where Petty and Shakelford only score 17 points and Petty goes 2-5 on layups, even though he is 2-3 from 3.
As a former Official, I agree with the OP, that this was a horribly called game as we have come to expect every time we see this crew. The game was in no way called in the manner of other SEC games this season. Doug Shows is the worst Official to call SEC games and he would always be on my non approved list. Alabama lost the game, because we took 15 more shots than Arkansas and only made one more. A lot of those fouls were legitimate calls. Primo, Ellis, Reese, and Petty need to pick up their games, back to January levels. Quinerly needs to be the point and he needs to take better care of the ball. Herbert Jones is to valuable to the team to be driving the ball to the basket and getting three charging fouls a game.