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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
1)Was the Foul Committed by Oden of the Buckeyes against Xavier Flagrant?
2) Also, would you have suspended the Nevada Coach for at least one game during the March Madness tournament after his attacks on the official working his game.
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1) Pete, as MTD said, the foul wasn't flagrant. Flagrant fouls are usually reserved for fighting, an attempt to injure, or extreme unsporting behavior. They come with an automatic ejection, 2 free throws and the ball out-of-bounds. The foul that Oden committed was an intentional foul imo(and in the opinion of most other officials too). Intentional fouls are usually reserved for a lot of contact without playing the ball, which is what Oden did. The penalty for that is the same as a flagrant foul, but minus the ejection. On the play that you're talking about, the correct call imo would have been an intentional personal foul on Oden, which would have meant 2 shots for Xavier and the ball for a throw-in where the foul was committed. Here's two threads on it.
Oden Intentional Foul
More Oden Foul Talk
2) The Nevada coach is gonna get something out of it, and he sureasheck deserves it. As you can read from the thread that I'll attach, he was completely out of control. Apparently criminal charges were briefly considered, but the cop got talked out of them. Inexcusable behavior imo. My personal opinion was that more than one game was warranted.
Suspension?