Balk ends NCAA game

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by wyatt
This is like calling a hand check 30 feet from the basket, time running out, tie game, in the bonus, sending the guy to the line with one second left.

Absolutely terrible. No way around it.

If the NCAA basketball supervisor has stressed that he wants the hand check called in that circumstance,then you'd damnwell better be calling it. As long as it's been called consistently throughout the game,there's no real problem.

Also, a hand check with a second left might also generate enough contact to put the dribbler off-balance enough that he is now unable to set his feet quickly enough to get that last second shot off. You just can't make a general statement that will cover all situations. If that hand check stopped the dribbler from getting a last second shot off- in the calling official's opinion, he should be calling a foul on that play.

Btw, what did the umpire that made the call and his on-site supervisor have to say about the call when you discussed it with them? You did discuss the call with them to get their side before you subsequently publically dumped on them, didn't you?

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jun 12th, 2005 at 06:37 AM]