Shoot 2 FT's or ball OOB's

[MJT]

Originally posted by Dan_ref

Maybe, which is why I'm wondering if the whistle could have been held to make a more informed judgement.

Watching the Uconn/IU game?

This makes no sense. If a player if fouled as he starts a jump, you would wait and see if he passes it or shoots it and then blow the whistle for the foul that occured seconds earlier. These young men can jump pretty darn high and stay in the air a long time. When you "definitely" see a foul, you blow your whistle and then continuing action gives you the result of the play.

I am not a "newbee", the whistle was NOT early! I played the game, have watched the game, and officiated the game, and have yet to see this exact play unfold the way it did.

Let's change it around a little. What if a player goes into the air with what you feel is the intent to pass the ball. You call a foul, so he then decides to shoot the ball. It hits the rim, but doesn't go in. Are you going to give him the ball OOB's in that case?