Purdue @ Michigan plays (Video)

[JRutledge]

Play #1:


Play #2:


Play #3:


Peace

[bucky]

1) Looked like obvious foul to me.
2) Good help from C but wish he was more closed down/towards play.
3) Basket counts.

[chapmaja]

I have to preface my response by saying I am a Michigan fan, so I might be biased.

A) Foul on Purdue

B) Did not watch the video because my computer doesn't like YouTube tonight

C) Basket counts

[Camron Rust]

#1. That should be a foul every day.

#2. Good help...it hit the butt of the white player.

#3. Count it!

[JRutledge]

I think the first play is the only controversial play in the bunch. Full disclosure, I am a huge Michigan fan and that is why I post many of their game plays. But I do not think this is a foul. I think the defender got to the ball first and the fall was more about his momentum of being blocked. I did not see anything in the close up that told me otherwise and I hope in a real game I do not call a foul either.

Peace

[just another ref]

Getting a little piece of the ball does not make it okay to do a cross body block on an airborne shooter.

[bucky]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I think the first play is the only controversial play in the bunch. Full disclosure, I am a huge Michigan fan and that is why I post many of their game plays. But I do not think this is a foul. I think the defender got to the ball first and the fall was more about his momentum of being blocked. I did not see anything in the close up that told me otherwise and I hope in a real game I do not call a foul either.

Peace

Looks to me as if there was some torso to torso contact too.

[Rich]

That's why those guys make the big bucks. Much easier to officiate play if you think contact = foul.

DJ had a good look and passed. That's good enough for me.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Rich

DJ had a good look and passed. That's good enough for me.

That's actually good enough for me, too. If I'd had the look he had, I might have made the same call. But this video screams foul to me.

[Blindolbat]

Originally Posted by Rich

That's why those guys make the big bucks. Much easier to officiate play if you think contact = foul.

DJ had a good look and passed. That's good enough for me.

Actually, this would've been hard for the L to see in my opinion because of where the contact occurred. I think T probably has the best look.

[Rich]

There's no provision that says it's a foul, either. It's all judgment on advantage / disadvantage.

[#olderthanilook]

1. Nice block. First contact is defender's hand on ball. Defender avoids any illegal contact with body. Shooter's strong momentum along baseline towards baseline is abruptly halted by the larger defender's block. The fact the shooter falls down is just physics.

2. Good help.

3. Put him on the line.