Thread: UNC/Duke Game
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Old Sun Mar 04, 2007, 07:35pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Excuse me but are you clueless or are you a Duke fan? I guess that's an oxymoron.

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Originally Posted by jeffpea
Here's a question for everyone....when was the last time you seen anyone throw an elbow/forearm/"punch"/etc. with an OPEN hand? That's what happened here. It doesn't happen because pre-meditated actions of that nature include the "closed fist" (whether striking with the forearm or elbow). Additionally, did you see Hendersons' body react to the contact that he received near/on his legs? That's what prompted him to bring BOTH of his arms immediately downward to protect himself from injury when hitting the floor. The contact made him think he was being undercut and open to injury.
Taking a swing at someone does not require that the fist be closed. A fist is NOT required for the act to be considered combative.

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IMHO, he did not intentionally strike Tyler in the face with "combative" intent. It was certainly excessive and during a dead ball (after the foul was initially called), therefore I think a Flagrant Technical foul should have been assessed w/ the corresponding penalty. Deeming the foul to have been "combative" was not correct in my estimation.
The only foul that occurred was the flagrant PERSONAL foul by Henderson. There was no other foul on the play.
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