Video Request - WVU @ Kansas

[Camron Rust]

1. Foul. He was using his hands to hold the opponent off at a distance. The defender was trying to move closer.j

2. Violation. Sometimes called, sometimes not. It is an advantage...the shooter effectively took a shot from less than the required distance. Even if it were not an advantage, we have zero cases where we're told to ignore infractions based on lines, zero. A player is either in or out, no grey.

3. Charge. Defender got both feet down, facing, in the path before the shooter left the floor. It is very close, but the defender did get there.

4. BI, but often uncalled.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

... we have zero cases where we're told to ignore infractions based on lines, zero. A player is either in or out, no grey.

I believe that we're on the same page here, but just to be sure, I agree with the sentiment of your general statement (out of bounds, inbounding violations, backcourt, free throw lines, and lane lines, etc.), but how about three seconds? Watch the lane lines, and free throw line. The player is either in the lane, or he's out of the lane (even if he's jumped into the air while in the lane, completely airborne, he's still in the lane). No gray. 00:03:00 pass, and it's an automatic whistle?

For me, he's got to be gaining an advantage in there for me to call the violation. 00:04:00, with only the back of one shoe one eighth of an inch on the lane line, everything else out of the lane, not posting up, not looking to receive a pass, not trying to gain an advantage to get an offensive rebound, but just standing ever so slightly on the elbow? By rule, and by Camron Rust's statement, he's in the lane, no gray here. I agree (I can't deny it) that he's in the lane, but is it a violation?

I'm not calling that, and I'm probably not even yelling at him to, "Get out of the lane". Calling it is not going to be my best call of the game, and if I do call it, it could probably be my worst call of the game.