SHIFTY FEET

[missinglink]

Watching two great games last night between UA-AUB and MIZZOU-OSU and a smattering of other D I games on TV this year, it is my observation and opinion that officials are allowing players on the perimeter to shift their pivot foot after catching the ball and squaring up on the defense. I was a former D I player and my playing experience is at odds with what I observe on television. Since I have started Federation officiating two years ago I know my focus is sharpened but I don't see my fellow Federation offials allowing such shifty feet at the high school level. The shifting pivots I observed last night provided no distinct advantage to the offensive player being on the perimeter and there was generally not exceptional defensive pressure being put upon the (offending) players. However, toward the end of the Alabama game the foul calls were getting tighter and during their comeback, Center calls one of these pivot shifts which were no different or more aggravated then the others described.

For the DI knowledgeable, is there a conscious or default loosening up of the traveling rules when there is no advantage? Is there an NBA influence that is migrating to the college game?

[blindzebra]

Originally posted by missinglink
Watching two great games last night between UA-AUB and MIZZOU-OSU and a smattering of other D I games on TV this year, it is my observation and opinion that officials are allowing players on the perimeter to shift their pivot foot after catching the ball and squaring up on the defense. I was a former D I player and my playing experience is at odds with what I observe on television. Since I have started Federation officiating two years ago I know my focus is sharpened but I don't see my fellow Federation offials allowing such shifty feet at the high school level. The shifting pivots I observed last night provided no distinct advantage to the offensive player being on the perimeter and there was generally not exceptional defensive pressure being put upon the (offending) players. However, toward the end of the Alabama game the foul calls were getting tighter and during their comeback, Center calls one of these pivot shifts which were no different or more aggravated then the others described.

For the DI knowledgeable, is there a conscious or default loosening up of the traveling rules when there is no advantage? Is there an NBA influence that is migrating to the college game?

Pure advantage/disadvantage.I've heard this quote several times from "bigtime" college officials,"If your favorite calls are traveling and 3 seconds,you are not going to make it to the next level."

[footlocker]

I don't think there is advantage/disadvantage in the NBA. No such thing as traveling there. Last weekend I watched Phx/Lakers and Shaq took a two step liberty with a double jump stop, this after illegally contacting an opponent. Sometimes I had my TiVo. Watching the play over and over only disgusts me even more. No wonder players in HS want these calls.

[blindzebra]

Originally posted by footlocker
I don't think there is advantage/disadvantage in the NBA. No such thing as traveling there. Last weekend I watched Phx/Lakers and Shaq took a two step liberty with a double jump stop, this after illegally contacting an opponent. Sometimes I had my TiVo. Watching the play over and over only disgusts me even more. No wonder players in HS want these calls.

I was not clear enough,I did not mean the next level as
from D1 to NBA,but HS to college.The NBA stands for not basketball anymore,it is entertainment.They do use ad/disad
but it goes to the extreme.

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by footlocker
Last weekend I watched Phx/Lakers and Shaq took a two step liberty with a double jump stop, this after illegally contacting an opponent.

By rule, the two step jump stop is legal in the NBA. The rule is written differently than the NFHS and the NCAA.

[Hawks Coach]

Anybody see the UCLA-USC finish last night? Had a great slo-mo on a UCLA layup, with a foul, and it was clearly a 3 step lay-up, with the first two probably an illegal one-two stop as opposed to the jump stop. Announcers said nothing!?

It did make for a nice hilite.