travel at end of GT/Kansas - Page 2

SMEngmann · #16 (**permalink**) Mon Mar 29, 2004, 03:14am

I thought that this was a great call by the official. Miles clearly set an illegal screen and could have been called with the TC foul for doing that. He clearly lunged at the GT player with the hips and displaced him. The travel was a great call because it was less controversial then the TC foul and it saved Miles a foul, while at the same time giving GT the ball on a violation.

Hawks Coach · #17 (**permalink**) Mon Mar 29, 2004, 06:16am

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I do see them called but the majority of the time it is only if a player takes a step before putting the ball on the floor while going to the hole. Not very often do they call it when they switch pivot feet.

I see them called all the time. Many times I call them in my mind before they are actually called. I am not saying they are not missed from time to time, but I see them called rather often. But again, I do not know how much basketball you watch.

Peace

I don't watch it a whole lot. So it is probably not fair to say what I said. I do know however that tonight in the first three or four minutes in the game that two KU and one GT player(s) completely switched their pivot foot(which is by rule a travel) and nothing was called.

We discussed this in another thread. this normally happens on the one two stop followed by a reverse pivot, a technical change of pivot foot that the NCAA does not appear to want to have called.

As long as the calls are consistent, it really doesn't matter. Everyone is playing by the same rules. Comparing the pivot foot switch to the sit down travel is apples and oranges - oops, that was another thread!