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Originally Posted by crazy voyager
The travell is just stupid, should've been called no question about it.
The first video. Well the OOB play is not good but the lead is to close. I've seen it before and I've been there, if you don't back away in that situation you will miss it. Why nobody else stepped in and called that I do not know though, the trail should've been able to make that call without for example.
The second call (elbow) is also due to an error by the lead. He follows the ball insted of watching the players closest to him. That's an error I think we all make though, it's not good but it will happen.
The blocking foul: I think they could've just dropped that and went with a no call. I do realise why the official calls it though becuse from the second angle it's impossible to say if the contact is legal or if the defender uses his side to initate it. Like I said I think they should just've ignored it and played on.
The last play has to be called, I agree with what has already been posted that even though it's just a small bump it forces the dribbler out of bounds and therefore creates a significant advantage for the fouling player. It's not a call you'd love to make but it has to be made, and that's what we're payed for so I don't think there's much more to say about it.
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In regards to the blocking foul let me first say, there is absolutely positively no doubt in my mind that this should be a no call regardless of time and score or whatever else. Not saying you should use this as your whole equation but you have to know time and score here. It's a 2 point ball game and this kid is not affected in the least by this, what you could barely even call a slight bump or graze. He hits the shot and its tied, but no instead we have a possible 3 point play. Now if this were a legitimate guys to the floor or just one guy to the floor block/charge play then i might be ok with a foul even in this situation, but imo you cannot give a guy a cheapie like that and put him at the line to win the ball game. That's like calling a handcheck with 1 second left or calling a force out with .1! haha.... oh wait.... that happened!
ok I've went back and watched several different youtube videos of the georgetown/villanova game. It does look like the kid steps out of bounds, but here is my thoughts and breakdown of the play:
The kid gets bumped at .9 then it looks like his foot is out of bounds at .4. You're telling me that this D1 referee doesn't have a patient enough whistle to wait, at most, .9 seconds to whistle an OOB or a foul and declare an overtime. I'm a true believer in the rules, but I'm also a true believer of doing what is right for the game and I put that first above my crew, then my crew comes in second, and I come in last. I don't believe that this was right for this game. These two teams had obviously battled it out (the score was 53 to 53), especially on both teams defensive end. To call a foul such as that one does not entail doing what is right for the game. Now whether the contact by the kid was legitimate illegal contact... that is up for debate. IMO he stops short of contact, but it's just a play full of what ifs? What if he doesn't step on the line, does Bob Donato have anything? What if Brent Barry had just jumped into Fisher when he was in mid air floating toward him? This my friends is why we all have the hardest sport to officiate in the world, I do believe.