Sure, I'll comment. First, I am not advocating anything. Did you see me say HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS OR THAT? Nope. Matter of fact, I said he should try to get or turn away.

My subsequent comments were from the perspective of a former Division 1-AA college player, who routinely dealt with this sort of juvenile intimidation tactics. I actually said [Second, if I were B1,]. Maybe I should have put that in a clearer perspective. Even then, if NevadeRef thinks that players don't "run opponents over" then he needs to watch a game or two - like maybe what happened to Steve Nash. Certainly that was the reverse situation and flagrant in my book, but you get the point.

I was making the point that if you want to get in my grill, there are physical hazards to doing so. I am not going to give you a wide berth and give up my rightful place on the court. And, no, the best refs out there won't catch half of it or if they do, the college players are smart enough to make it look like an accident.

Certainly you see my last comment about helping him up was in humor.

Again, not advocating anything. You will also note I said FIRST that the coach should alert the refs to a blocking situation.

It reminds me of a situation with my older relatives when I was a teenager. We would play driveway ball against the 30-somethings. The first time we (my brother and I) challenged my older cousins, I drove to the hoop to stuff on him and he bodied me so hard - no arm contact at all - that it knocked me into the grass. I jumped up and yelled "Hey, that was a foul!!!" He replied, Yep, I guess you're right, your ball over there." I never drove on him again.