Technical foul (GM/FLA)

[26 Year Gap]

Where is the guy with the priceless sign?

Oh, there he is.

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[The New Guy]

Anyone see the call that Hightower missed slightly over two minutes into the LSU/UCLA game?

He's the lead, LSU guy driving the baseline and CLEARLY steps out of bounds on his way up to the rim. Hightower has his head straight up, looking and is too busy ball watching to see the no-brainer violation.

Some things never change.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by The New Guy

Anyone see the call that Hightower missed slightly over two minutes into the LSU/UCLA game?

He's the lead, LSU guy driving the baseline and CLEARLY steps out of bounds on his way up to the rim. Hightower has his head straight up, looking and is too busy ball watching to see the no-brainer violation.

Some things never change.

Wow! That's a great call.......from the comfort of your recliner!!!!!

Way to go, rook! Maybe you'll get a Final Four game next year!!

I guess you're so good that you've NEVER missed a player stepping OOB. Congratulations! We're all real impressed!!

[BBall_Junkie]

Originally Posted by The New Guy

Anyone see the call that Hightower missed slightly over two minutes into the LSU/UCLA game?

He's the lead, LSU guy driving the baseline and CLEARLY steps out of bounds on his way up to the rim. Hightower has his head straight up, looking and is too busy ball watching to see the no-brainer violation.

Some things never change.

I saw the play as well and hit the instant replay button on my TIVO to confirm he stepped out of bounds. He did and was a pretty easy call with my remote with slo mo and pause. However, he was also refereeing the play and of course he was "ball watching" b/c the ball was IN HIS PRIMARY!

I have been at this for several years and am still trying to have the perfect game. It sounds like you have achieved the elusive perfect game and do so with regularity based on your comments.

As for Hightower, I will let his 12+/- Final Fours speak for themselves. He is obviously getting most of the calls right AND managing the game.

This is a forum for discussing plays, rules, game management, philosophy of officiating and interact within a community of other officials. It is OK to talk about plays that you see where you think a call/ play was missed (or called corretly) or whether or not you feel a game/ situation was managed correctly. That is where we learn.

It is NOT OK to openly criticize an official b/c you don't think they are any good or don't like them. This is unproductive and useless. Besides until you have worked the caliber of games that Mr. Hightower has I question your position to criticize.

[jeffpea]

I am glad that a T was only charged to the FL player and NOT to BOTH players. One of the things I'll take away from this season is that I HATE the double technical foul call (think Florida St @ Duke and U Wash vs UConn). Most of the time one of the players instigated the problem - why penalize both? Especially if it comes immediately after a foul - then you are DOUBLE penalizing one of the players.

I definitely plan to include this situation in my pre-games and how we will handle it. I'm sure others may think differently, but I want to make sure that we are on the same page as a crew.