Xavier @ St. Johns - End of the game GT call (Video)
 

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Peace

Looked like a good block to me

So you're saying that you don't think it hit the backboard first?

Tie goes to the runner

Kind of thinking the same thing.

Peace

Ball goes toward and into the glass after the swat, so it’s not a tie. I think that’s the only time it hits glass. Good block.

That's what I saw.

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Note I was just asking the question. I think it's close and a hard decision, but thinks he got ball then ball got board.


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Close call...but it was hit before it hit the backboard.

I don't like who called it. He had the worst angle of the C/T for making that decision. It was basically like making a foul call from a straightlined position.

Agree it’s just about 50/50. But I think ^this is a fair critique. Not easy to sit on this kind of call, but the book says the official on the other side has primary on this call and this is one of the reasons why.



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Yes that is what I am saying

The call was right. The ball just hit the board then blocked, you have to go super slo mo. Either way tie goes to the offense. The defenders action after the call was bs IMO.

In HS its a clean block.

I find it hard to nitpick these.

It's close, the official got a look, he made a decision.

I rarely find anything of value in discussing GT calls. They either got it right or they got it wrong. But the call is very difficult to make in the heat and speed of the game.

This is one of the reasons I don't like the college aspect of the rule that once it hits the board it is off limits. It can be so difficult to judge. I prefer the high school rule that if it is still going up then it is fair game.

And, it's hard to really find anything we can learn from this -- other than maybe to always be ready for it, especially from the opposite side

I think there is something to be learned....don't call it if you're straightlined with what needs to be seen. Trust your partner with the better angle to get it.

Either way I don't think I'd have a whistle on this play. I like to know what happened instead of guessing as to what happened, and this is so close I'd be guessing.

Does the benefit of the doubt go to the offense (deecee) or the defense (Bryan)? Has any of the rule-making bodies made a statement on that?

I'm saying that if it's close like this the expectation is go with the offense getting the benefit of the doubt. Not saying that all 50/50 calls have to go the offenses way, just that the expectation is that it will. Either is right in my book, I tend to lean towards the offense I find.

I would want to see the violation, not guess that there is one. I'm sure we've all seen things that were probably a foul, but we didn't see the actual contact so we don't blow our whistle.

So, in this case, if you want to say the benefit of the doubt goes to the offense then so be it.

Around :35 is the decisive angle for me--behind the bucket. I see the ball graze the glass a split-second before the St. John's player gets it.

In real time, though, the ref is gonna piss off one team no matter what.

The overhead replay from the camera behind the backboard shows the ball touching glass a millisecond before B1 touches it.

Nice job by the official.