bballref3966 3:27 in second half. Foul on Alyssa Thompson for displacement or incidental contact battling for a rebound? Was called a foul.
JRutledge It might be a foul, but not a slam dunk. Both players jumped toward the ball. The Louisville player just took the brunt of the contact. I have no problem if someone no-called this. Peace
rockyroad Looks like a good call to me. L'ville player is moving toward the endline and the Maryland player is moving across the key, causing the contact. Contact was enough to knock the L'ville player down. Seems pretty easy.
Welpe BadNewsRef wroteThat's definitely a foul. I'm sure the announcers probably said something stupid. Yep.
MD Longhorn Hmmm... I'm in the minority here - I don't see this as a foul, at least not from just this one angle.
bballref3966 Definitely a foul. I just requested the video to make sure I wasn't the only one who thought Doris Burke was naive.
Camron Rust JRutledge wroteIt might be a foul, but not a slam dunk. Both players jumped toward the ball. The Louisville player just took the brunt of the contact. I have no problem if someone no-called this. Peace I agree....50/50 ball with both players jumping towards each other from equally advantageous positions. That said, I could just as easily make a case for a foul on either player. You could pretty much do anything here and be "right".
Terrapins Fan Terrapins Fan, unbiased opinion, FOUL. No, wait, did the Md player commit the foul? No Foul.....seriously, foul...
Multiple Sports AremRed wroteWomens: Foul Mens: Play on Welcome to the world of women's basketball !!! You know all those jump balls you are going to call in AAU the next two months in girls games, that you wouldn't call in a men's game. Well that is a foul that we call because it is women's basketball, but we would no call that in a guy's game.....
JRutledge Camron Rust wroteI agree....50/50 ball with both players jumping towards each other from equally advantageous positions. That said, I could just as easily make a case for a foul on either player. You could pretty much do anything here and be "right". I think more people would want a foul here. Now if that is right or not is another situation. But I think calling a foul actually penalizes the bigger player because they are bigger. The Maryland player actually got to the ball first. That is why I would be uncomfortable calling a foul here (with the benefit of replay of course). Peace
Multiple Sports Rut - But in a men's game hs varisty or above you wouldn't even think of having a whistle would you......
JRutledge Multiple Sports wroteRut - But in a men's game hs varisty or above you wouldn't even think of having a whistle would you...... Not likely. Then again I worked only one regular season girl's high school game this year. I am not the best judge of the difference. I just know that if you breathe on a girl wrong in a basketball game many coaches, fans or officials feel there should be a foul. Peace
Multiple Sports Agree 100%...... I even had a hs girls coach say this year, "he's a guys referee, he will let you push more than the other officials." I took that as a compliment.🙂🙂🙂