Minnesota High School Basketball (Video)

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

Re #2: calls like this are why players recklessly drive to the basket . . .

I do not understand how a defender is there that long and the official calls a block on them. If you referee the defense that is easy. We make these calls way too hard and I agree, the game is so much easier when they think they might get called for a foul going hard to the basket.

Peace

[Welpe]

1) No backcourt.

2) Is pretty clearly a PC. I'm not sure what more the defender could have done there.

3) Good get on the travel.

[Valley Man]

There were more than one plays like Play#2. I was watching the game and thought "Wow I'd like to see that again maybe they will post on forum". All the ones like this seemed to go with block call and even one the guy gave the college mechanic for verticality when the offensive player trucked the defender.

As far as the travel, couldn't you also rule regardless that he started a dribble without a pivot foot thus a travel?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Valley Man

There were more than one plays like Play#2. I was watching the game and thought "Wow I'd like to see that again maybe they will post on forum". All the ones like this seemed to go with block call and even one the guy gave the college mechanic for verticality when the offensive player trucked the defender.

I will try to spend some time this weekend looking at that game. I just happened to watch the last 5 minutes and caught that one. I will post what I see or observe.

Originally Posted by Valley Man

As far as the travel, couldn't you also rule regardless that he started a dribble without a pivot foot thus a travel?

I think it was ruled a travel because he jumped off the floor with both feet and dribbled. Well, that is certainly a travel but we will never know for sure unless the official speaks about the play. But they got it right IMO.

Peace

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not understand how a defender is there that long and the official calls a block on them. If you referee the defense that is easy.

Oh, so then you do understand how the official called a block.

[Remington]

1. Good "no call" on the potential backcourt as he was dribbling and thus requires all 3 points into the frontcourt.
2. How can we get these plays wrong. I honestly believe this is an extremely easy PC call at the varsity level. If Harry Kitts is still heading up the Minneapolis Officials Association there I'm sure he won't like that one.
3. Really good get. That specific play is tough live.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not understand how a defender is there that long and the official calls a block on them. If you referee the defense that is easy. We make these calls way too hard and I agree, the game is so much easier when they think they might get called for a foul going hard to the basket.

Peace

Agree. Take a look at the first part of the clip, and you can see that the L is clearly watching the ball handler as he is dribbling up the court. Not sure he ever saw that defender until the crash happened.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not understand how a defender is there that long and the official calls a block on them.

Perhaps he is one of the officials that goes to a block if the defender leans back before contact (he was, slightly)