NCAA Emphasis on palming/carrying

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bearclause

I was a little bit surprised that a player I watched was called about five times for carries on several high dribbles over his shoulder. Some seemed legit, but there were other times where he seemed guilty of nothing other than dribbling it high with his hand on top of the ball at all times. I don't really understand how this is being enforced.

It's being enforced by competent, knowledgable officials. Would you be equally surpised if it was called on a player on the other team? You know...the one that you aren't a fan of?

Geeze, we usually don't get the fanboys here until March.