ncaa traveling

[just another ref]

is a great learning tool for officiating in general and traveling in particular. I have used it many times to check what I thought was a violation. For me personally, a travel has always been one of two calls that I make where the whistle seems to go off by itself and I am making a signal sometimes before I really know what happened. (player control foul is the other call) I was taught, and I believe, that "If it mighta been a travel, it ain't a travel."
(local dialect) Translated, that means there is nothing much worse than a
"phantom violation" call. With this in mind, I frequently say to myself during a game, "That mighta been a travel," without making a call . BUT, when I see one that trips the trigger, so to speak, it's almost out of my hands. Now, in spite of what some of my clever in-laws say, I do not wear a whistle to watch games on tv, but the trigger still gets tripped. I can honestly say that I have never seen a travel, many uncalled, that tripped the trigger and had DVR prove me wrong. Perhaps the worst is the catch by the big guy on the block. He pivots, takes a giant stride into the paint, plants his non-pivot
foot and follows with the pivot. (sometimes a step, sometimes a drag) He squares up, puts up a short shot, and no call.

[Adam]

I saw one in the Tennessee game today that had me check the DVR. Pearl was going crazy at the no call right in front of him, and I checked and it sure looked like a hoppity skip, but the camera angle couldn't tell me whether he actually had control. The C obviously disagreed or didn't see whether he had control.
I thought they missed a poorly executed jump stop by TN, though, shortly after that. The two feet landed one after the other. Then again, I'm not out there making the calls, so I'll defer to them.

[socalreff]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I saw one in the Tennessee game today that had me check the DVR. Pearl was going crazy at the no call right in front of him, and I checked and it sure looked like a hoppity skip, but the camera angle couldn't tell me whether he actually had control. The C obviously disagreed or didn't see whether he had control.
I thought they missed a poorly executed jump stop by TN, though, shortly after that. The two feet landed one after the other. Then again, I'm not out there making the calls, so I'll defer to them.

That whole game was poorly officiated.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by socalreff

That whole game was poorly officiated.

I disagree. I thought it was a well-officiated game of poorly played basketball.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by socalreff

That whole game was poorly officiated.

And in another thread, you said you didn't see any officials with any courage. Seems to me over the last couple of days like you're doing a whole lot of crapping on 100 or so officials that somebody thinks are good enough to work -- not just at the D1 level -- but the championship tournament at the D1 level.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

And in another thread, you said you didn't see any officials with any courage. Seems to me over the last couple of days like you're doing a whole lot of crapping on 100 or so officials that somebody thinks are good enough to work -- not just at the D1 level -- but the championship tournament at the D1 level.

It certainly tells you a lot about his integrity as an official, doesn't it, Scrappy? Or lack thereof, I should say. Sad.