BU v SIU tournament game...

[JohnBark]

did the NCAA official make the correct call on the last throw in play in the Bradley v SIU semi-final game? 3.2 second left, BU to inbound the ball, the SIU player who is OOB due to a missed lay up. the SIU player appears to accidentally contact the BU player who is now OOB and that contact make the BU player fall inbounds with the ball. the official blew it dead. gave out no fouls or delay of game warning. but, just gave the ball back to BU for a throw in. was that correct? as an official, i think i have a delay of game warning on SIU. your thoughts?

[WhistlesAndStripes]

You say the bump appeared to be accidental. Sounds like it was correctly handled to me.

[Raymond]

Why was there a player still OOB when the official is about to administer a throw-in? Or did the SIU player miss a lay-up and somebody made a tip-in?

[JohnBark]

http://members.cox.net/goshoxgo/SIUBU.wmv

let me know what you think, please!?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by JohnBark

http://members.cox.net/goshoxgo/SIUBU.wmv

let me know what you think, please!?

I think the official handled it perfectly.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

I think the official handled it perfectly.

I agree the official handled it correctly. But that was not an accident. A very shrewd move by Tatum.

[JohnBark]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I agree the official handled it correctly. But that was not an accident. A very shrewd move by Tatum.

Can you explain to me why? I've had 2 BU fans call me today about this. And they both said that by stopping the play, it gave SIU a HUGE advantage to stop a potential break. I think they might be right about that. And the video shows Tatum in my opinion, accidentally bump the BU player. And the reason I say "accidentally" is because Tatum has his arms straight up in the air...but, i was just wondering. I'm sure the BU coach wanted sometimes.

That's way I told my BU friends, I would have issued "Delay of game" warning. But, I don't work NCAA ball, so, that's why I posted the question and video link.

[Adam]

What violation did he commit that would warrant a delay of game warning?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JohnBark

And the video shows Tatum in my opinion, accidentally bump the BU player. And the reason I say "accidentally" is because Tatum has his arms straight up in the air...but, i was just wondering. I'm sure the BU coach wanted sometimes.

"Arms up" is meaningless, IMO. I see players with their arms up all the time while they walk into a shooter or ball handler.

[JoeTheRef]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I agree the official handled it correctly. But that was not an accident. A very shrewd move by Tatum.

I totally agree this was not an accident. Tatum goes out of his way to do this. He goes OOB on one side of the lane and comes back in completely on the other side?

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by JoeTheRef

I totally agree this was not an accident. Tatum goes out of his way to do this. He goes OOB on one side of the lane and comes back in completely on the other side?

This is not uncommon. I often see players make a layup, and then "circle around" and come back inbounds on the other side of the key.