The "And 1"

[blindzebra]

It's dangerous to have a black and white philosophy on "and 1's", or anything else for that matter.

To me a made basket is only a small part of advantage/disadvantage in these situations:

What if the game is getting close to that line and not calling pretty good contact, just because the ball went in, keeps it on that slide into the crapper?

I've seen plenty of cases where a routine lay up turns into a Sportscenter highlight because of contact, IMO, that is gaining an advantage and the made shot means nothing.

This call is like any other call and it requires getting a feel for what needs to be an and 1, and what can be passed on, I just wouldn't use the shot going in as my measuring stick.