[Nate1224hoops]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

This is where we also disagree. Let me ask you this - when does the situation change from "regular game situations" to "late game situations"? 5 minutes left? 1 minute left? 10 seconds left? Does the score matter? Where do you draw that line? Does the line change from game to game? And, most importantly, how do the players know where that line is drawn? Let's take this play for instance. At the 10 minute mark in the first half I call a charge on the Stanford player. Then at the 12 minute mark in the second half I have the exact same play happen, so I call a charge on the Stanford player. Then, with 4.8 seconds left, the exact same play happens again, only this time I let it go. Why? Just because it's a "late game situation"? How do I explain that to the LSU defender who sacrificed her body to take the charge and got rewarded the previous 2 plays, but in this case she doesn't? How do I let the players know, "Ok, we're now in that late game situation, so you're gonna need to foul harder"? Is there a signal for that?

Ok, maybe I'm a little over the top, but I hope you get the point. Consistency is very important in a game, and most players adjust. If you want to discuss whether this particular play was a charge, block, or no-call, fine. But be careful about saying you wouldn't make this call in a "late game situation".

I understand exactly what you are saying. I think that most officials and players understand late game situations. I think you were a little over the top, but I know exactly what your saying. Lets say for argument sake that the call wasn't a charge but a hand check on LSU. Is this a call that your going to make?? Hands, IMO, are to much a part of defense already, but with 5 seconds on the clock and a Final Four berth at stake are you going to call the slightly displacing hand check. I have had this discussion before with some people and there are certain violation/fouls that we ignore very often. Take the UCONN/George Mason game. With 32 seconds left in the game the T official calls a palming/carrying violation. It was most likely a violation but no advantage was gained. The defender was still right in front of the offensive player. This is something that you might call in the beginning of the game to discourage it from happening for the entire 40 min. but it's not something you tweet about with 30 sec. to go and no advantage gained.