Say what? How is a screen to give the player doing the throw in an unimpeded long pass for a desperation shot designed to trick the officials?

I agree.

This wasn't that, though.

The screener took the contact will full intention of going to the floor. He was more like taking a charge to get a call than trying to free up the thrower in. If he really wanted to have that play set up as an effective screen he would have braced and held his ground, which certainly would have been a no call

If Trails doesn't bail out when A1 initially gets the ball, he could have stepped down on the drive and saw that B1 initiates illegal contact with his left arm prior to A1's push-off.

Center is calling what he sees, which is A1's push off. The Lead had no reason to come with his late whistle, he was straight-lined.

These were my initial thoughts also, but I can understand if some don't see it that way.

Why? he doesn't plow through the screener there is contact and he kind of awkwardly falls bc he didnt see the screen coming. It is close but the you could find fouls on either team or no call depending on how you interpret the screening rule.

The Lead has absolutely no view of this play (that's not a criticism, just how it played out), and should have had last crack on this play. The Trail took himself out of the play with his movement on A1's initial catch. The C had a wide open look as the play came towards him, so no problem what so ever with his whistle, but I'm sure he did not see the whole play when contact was first initiated. He saw only the obvious push off by A1.

If the Trail doesn't back out, and then steps down on the drive to see in between A1 and B1, he would have been in position to see the whole play, to include the initial contact.

The first time that I saw this play was in an NCAA tournament game by Princeton. I believe it was during the 90s. It has been around at least 30 years.

Secondary defenders in the paint are the responsibility of the Lead. The Lead shouldn't be looking at the primary matchup on this play, he should be watching for possible secondary defenders coming from any direction.

I guess I am looking for reasons why the C shouldn't have this call, instead of reasons he should.

College supervisors want active C's, especially on plays that curl or move towards them and the C has an open look.

What the hell kinda rule set has a 40-40-4 rule? Not NCAA-M, which we are using for this play.

Plowing through the screener is exactly what he does lol.

A to B movement is displacement.

A screen set to the side of the screened player is to considered in the visual field of the screened player has been part of the screening rule is over 55 years old.

MTD, Sr.

That is not what a blind screen is.

Blind is about what could/should be seeable, not what the defender actually sees. Blind screens are screens set directly behind the opponent where even looking both left and right it wouldn't be seen.