NC v Louisville

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The expectation is that the rules are to be applied correctly. Doing otherwise is going to get an official in trouble when the situation is analyzed on ESPN or CBS with ten HD cameras.
We've seen that happen in the past several years come conference tournament and NCAA tournament time.

True but as you probably know there is a lot of gray area in our judgement of plays and how we apply the rules. The modern understanding of that gray area is perhaps a bit different than yours.

[rockyroad]

Don't the "rules" say that a foul is contact that hinders normal offensive or defensive movement? In that case, the egregious holding "foul" that one member says "must be called" is not a foul, as it obviously did not hinder anyone. The contact on the airborne player who has caught and is shooting the ball DID hinder his normal landing, and so was called a foul. Seems like the correct call to me (for whatever that's worth).