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Originally posted by DrakeM
On the other hand, Tennessee didn't do a very good job FORCING the officials to blow the whistle in that situation.
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Excellent point! Now let me throw this out for discussion:
The way that I saw the situation at the end of the game was that the Tenn. players were making contact with the UConn girls AFTER they had made their keep-away pass.It looked to me that the ball was usually about 6-8 feet out of the passer's hands before the Tenn. girl was able to get there and make contact.Over the years,I've been in many discussions about this exact same play,and the best way to call it.The way that I personally like to see it called is pretty much the same way that I thought the officials actually handled it in this game.
-call the foul on the "touch" if the offensive player still has the ball in their hands when contact is made.
-have a slow whistle IF the ball has left the passer's hands.Take a look and see where the pass is going.If there is no chance of the defense stealing the pass,ignore the foul as "incidental contact" and let the play proceed.If you think that there might be a chance of the pass being intercepted by the defense,then call the late contact on the passer a foul.
I personally think that doing it this way falls in line with the spirit and intent of the rules.If the ball is gone on the pass,the D is basically gaining a heck of an advantage if you blow the play down on a good pass.You also then have the question of the D fouling a player without the ball.According to the rules,you should be considering an intentional foul in cases like this.Do you really want to get into anything like that?
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