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Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach
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Originally posted by Nevadaref
Did you see the FT disconcertion call with 31.7 seconds left in regulation against #42 from UNC Asheville tonight?
He was in the low block on the C's side. He was waving his hand while the shooter prepared to shoot the second of three. It appears he was trying to get his coach's attention to ask if he wanted a time-out, since he made a T signal with his hands after the waving.
After the shot was missed, the C came in and talked to the lead and a substitute throw was awarded.
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I saw that and I think it was a good call. UNCA-42 was waving his hands on the miss before that. I thought he was faking the T with his hands to disconcert the shooter AND have an excuse when the official called him on it ("But sir, I was just asking my coach if he wanted a timeout!").
Maybe I'm giving him too much (not enough?) credit.
The shooter made the replacement throw and TSU ended up forcing OT so it ended up being a big call.
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Coach,
I agree with you. I did think that the waving of the hands was not as pronounced on the first shot. It did catch my attention though.
You might remember that I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago about a player clapping in the low block during a critical free throw in a state championship game. I asserted that I would have called disconcertion there. It hardens my resolve to see this call made in the NCAA tourney. Even though we all know it isn't a true NCAA tournament game.
Hey, why don't they just have four play-in games? Have one for each region and the winner of each one plays the #1 seed. Then we can invite 68 teams. They could even give automatic bids to these games to teams that win the regular season of a smaller conference and then lose in the conference tourney. Just an idea.