LSU/Stanford charge (Women's)

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

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Originally Posted by tmp44
Another thought...the PC call was made by the T. Notice that the L did not blow his whistle or make any sort of mechanic, and this was certainly close, if not w/n, a possible double coverage area. Then watch the mechanics of the T, no fist, straight into the wave-off, then punch. Close play like that, could have been a possible blarge. Thoughts?

In the past year or so I have been pregaming this type of play. The one in which A1 beats B1 with the dribble and B2 comes over to defend and there is a crash. Whose responsibility is the secondary defender?

I've stated that while one official, in this case the Trail, could have A1 and B1 in his primary when the play starts and then stay with those two players, another official, in this case the Lead, has the secondary defender, B2, in his primary the whole time. This other official is then the one watching that defender. Therefore, it makes sense that this other official would have the best knowledge of the secondary defender's positioning. Since it is this defender and not B1 who is invovled in the crash with the offensive player, I've been advocating that we let the official from whose primary the secondary defender comes make the decision on the play.

So in this case I would have prefered the Lead make the call. The Lead has the best idea of whether or not that defender got there in time. The T was focused on the dribbler and her initial defender which is no longer in the play.
That is how I have been pregaming it lately.

Of course, if the Lead doesn't make a call for some odd reason and needs help, then the T is the helper and should come get it.


Lastly, this was in an NCAA womens' game and I know that NCAAW floor coverage is different and that could have mattered on this play as the Lead is responsible for that 3pt shooter in the corner. I don't care for this, but that is the way they do it.

Nevada/TMP, I had the same thoughts on the play...it's hard for the trail to pick up that secondary defender b/c she's focused on the primary matchup involving A1/B1. I too would have like to have seen that whislte come from the lead who would have had better knowledge of Augustus' LGP.