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Originally Posted by jeffpea
guys - lets not split hairs here. There was contact made on the kids head by virtue of the ball being thrown/dropped by the Nova player. I don't think I would like to explain to Hank Nichols (NCAA Supervisor of Officials) that the contact "wasn't really contact because it was from a ball not a hand".
If he hit the kid with a water bottle, towel, clipboard, or chair - would you still argue that there is no "contact" because it didn't occur with a hand?
It was the right call to make - dead ball/contact T = intentional T; 2 shots + ball.
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That "splitting hairs" is exactly why the rules committee put the Intentional Technical foul in the book, because shoving someone requires more of a penalty than just calling them a bad name...however, there was no "contact" in that situation...to use your rationale, if you go up for a shot and I (with my massively impressive vertical leap of 16 inches) block the ball cleanly, but the ball then bounces off your noggin, the ref would have to call a foul because there was "contact"...nope - not buying that.