High School State Finals (Video)

[BigT]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

He came across the paint with his feet, then jumped into what appeared to be his vertical space. Now the video angle is not the best, but I see him going straight up. And yes, I see a lot of defenders doing this now, especially in college as it relates to the RA as if they jump, they can be ruled not responsible for the contact that takes place. And I also see many plays where offensive players go into bigger defenders and fall. Those are not always fouls and I am not penalizing defenders for doing good basic things. Now the official in this video pass on that play, I am assuming they felt they were legal.

And if you see that play and call a foul every time, then that is part of why coaches say, "He got hit" and expecting a call just because there was some contact. And in boys basketball, players going into the lane are going to have contact a lot no matter what. We should not penalize good defense when it takes place. Because you have already like the others penalized the defender when he or she might have done everything legal. Now if you tell me you feel this player jumped into the shooter and was outside of the vertical space he earned, that is fine. But I see no evidence of that from the angles we got of that type of movement. And the second vertical play looked very sheepish at best that was actually called. But we have a better angle on the second play.

Peace

You are correct its not the best angle. I just think he didnt have enough time to stop his forward momentum and go straight up and the kidding moving to the lane made him look like he had stopped moving. You guys have taught how important it is to know if the defense was moving forward into the player at the time of contact. I do wish we had a better angle. I dont have a huge problem with the no call. It is just my opinion from my couch.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BigT

You are correct its not the best angle. I just think he didnt have enough time to stop his forward momentum and go straight up and the kidding moving to the lane made him look like he had stopped moving. You guys have taught how important it is to know if the defense was moving forward into the player at the time of contact. I do wish we had a better angle. I dont have a huge problem with the no call. It is just my opinion from my couch.

Again I am not saying unequivocally it is not a foul. I am just saying if it is, we have to use more evidence than "the shooter fell." It might have been a foul and why I also showed the play in the first place. I thought to myself it was a foul and wanted to confirm the play with slow motion. I was not as sure after doing the video.

Peace