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Old Mon Mar 21, 2005, 11:15pm
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WSU is down three with the ball and has to go full court in just over 6 seconds. Vandy elects to foul with 3.0 seconds and put WSU on the line for 2. WSU pulls off the make the first, miss the second, get the rebound and score the put back to tie with 0.7 left.

Vandy takes a TO and then throws the baseball pass the length of the court to a WIDE OPEN player who got behind all of the WSU defenders. He catches the pass and lays it in at the buzzer for the win.

Unreal. How could WSU let that Vandy player get so open behind them?

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Old Mon Mar 21, 2005, 11:35pm
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I saw this. It was twenty minutes ago. I still do not understand what happened.
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Old Tue Mar 22, 2005, 12:35am
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Just saw this on ESPN, all i can say is HOLY CRAP.... that was unbelieveable... great defense though.
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Old Tue Mar 22, 2005, 09:33am
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Yes, talk about the worst defense I've ever seen! 2 guys guarding the inbounds pass, and 3 more on the far free throw line, who move UP to the 3-point line as the ball flies over their heads to the guy wide open right underneath the basket.
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Old Tue Mar 22, 2005, 09:55am
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I heard Kevin Stallings (Vandy's coach) describe the play this morning. They were trying to run 2 screens - one in front of the throw-in, and other for the player who caught the ball. He said he was actually hoping to get a switch on the defenders, but as it turned out, both defenders stayed with the screener and left the other guy wide open for the layup.

Now, as is often the case, I watch these games from the standpoint of an official. So, how do table-side mechanics work in this particular gym? Granted, the table is where it's supposed to be, but aren't the benches along the baseline? So how does the calling official communicate with the coach when the baseline official is probably the closest? I tried to watch to see if they did anything different (report the foul, go baseline?!?). I just wonder if there have been other unusual gym setups, and if officials "modified" their mechanics to fit the situation?
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Old Tue Mar 22, 2005, 10:02am
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Question NevadaRef

Are you sure the Vandy guy didn't TRAVEL?!?!? ;-P
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Old Tue Mar 22, 2005, 06:35pm
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Re: NevadaRef

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Are you sure the Vandy guy didn't TRAVEL?!?!? ;-P
What...when he was OOB throwing the ball in?
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Old Tue Mar 22, 2005, 09:32pm
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WSU is down three with the ball and has to go full court in just over 6 seconds. Vandy elects to foul with 3.0 seconds and put WSU on the line for 2. WSU pulls off the make the first, miss the second, get the rebound and score the put back to tie with 0.7 left.

Vandy takes a TO and then throws the baseball pass the length of the court to a WIDE OPEN player who got behind all of the WSU defenders. He catches the pass and lays it in at the buzzer for the win.

Unreal. How could WSU let that Vandy player get so open behind them?

Those guys play D-back for the Minnesota Vikings in the fall.
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Old Wed Mar 23, 2005, 12:04am
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Are you sure the Vandy guy didn't TRAVEL?!?!? ;-P
That actually made me laugh out loud.

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What...when he was OOB throwing the ball in?
He's just making a joke about my insistence that the WV player (Sally) traveled on the final basket against Creighton.

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Old Wed Mar 23, 2005, 12:45am
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Are you sure the Vandy guy didn't TRAVEL?!?!? ;-P
That actually made me laugh out loud.

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What...when he was OOB throwing the ball in?
He's just making a joke about my insistence that the WV player (Sally) traveled on the final basket against Creighton.

yea i know, I was just joking too.
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