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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Wow, you must have missed the NCAA tourney.
In the first round Texas Tech game, the ball was whistled out and awarded incorrectly. The crowd went crazy and one of the other officials hustled in and must have convinced him that it was deflected - the correct call. Knight looked perplexed but kept his cool since everyone there, except for the guy making the initial call, knew it was the right thing to do. If there is one coach that will jump all over a guy for usurping his authority, it's the General.
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The calling official, changed the call. Unlike baseball, basketball officials coverage areas are constantly changing. The ball is in constant movement. There are times when a specific official does not see the entire play. I did not see exactly the play you discribe, but I am sure the out of bounds play that you discribe, was the non-calling official giving information. And in basketball, that is totally acceptable on mainly out of bound calls. You cannot do that on foul calls. You cannot tell your partner about a traveling violation. You can mainly do that on out of bounds plays. And even when that happens, it is rare. In baseball, I have nothing else to do but watch a particular base. There are only so many runners at one time. The ball determines what is going to happen, unlike basketball. If I cannot get an angle on a pulled foot, I am not taking my time to make most calls.
I also find it funny that now you want to tell basketball officials of their procedures and practices. See in basketball we have a locker room. If you pull that "get it right crap" on plays they see, you might not come out of that locker room with out an earfull.
Peace