Here is the Tenn/Virginia Play

[Big2Cat]

Is this a T?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvTfNrt__LI

[Nevadaref]

In MHO yes. The player was okay to grasp the ring and hang there to avoid landing on the player below him as that is a fairly clear case of an attempt to prevent an injury to himself or another. However, once he used his position up there to his advantage by reaching out and attempting to block the shot, he broke a rule. The proper penalty for the rule he broke is a technical foul.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

In MHO yes. The player was okay to grasp the ring and hang there to avoid landing on the player below him as that is a fairly clear case of an attempt to prevent an injury to himself or another. However, once he used his position up there to his advantage by reaching out and attempting to block the shot, he broke a rule. The proper penalty for the rule he broke is a technical foul.

Preventing injury? Why is he allowed to grasp the rim to begin with?


I haven't looked at the replay. I saw the play live and knew it should have been a T.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Preventing injury? Why is he allowed to grasp the rim to begin with?

I only watched it once, but it looked to me like there was an offensive player directly beneath him.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I only watched it once, but it looked to me like there was an offensive player directly beneath him.

Nah, he was jumping the opposite direction that the offensive player was moving. He had to swing back just to commit the foul.

I think this play could make the "Hank Nichols Hilight Reel".

[buckrog64]

Looks to me like the ref could have made the call that a player was nearby and thus he was entitled to hold onto the rim for safety's sake. But then he used that advantage of being up on the rim to swat the ball away. That would be a T I believe. Almost may have had a goaltending call too, about a half a second from that from the looks of things.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I only watched it once, but it looked to me like there was an offensive player directly beneath him.

Again, why is he grasped the rim to begin with? There's no shot, he just jumps up and grabs the rim. That's a T, period. If he doesn't grasp the rim, there's no reason to hang on to prevent injury.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Again, why is he grasped the rim to begin with?

Um, because there's an offensive player directly below him? He goes up to block the shot, but the shooter fakes. I agree with Camron. The T is certainly justified when he tries to make a play on the ball while holding the rim. But just for grasping, I would not give the T for that.

[tomegun]

I looked at the play, read the new posts and looked at the play again. There is some serious over-officiating going on here. The player would have done a "fly by" he if didn't grab the rim. He did NOT grab the rim because he was in danger. Do you guys realize why he even swung on the rim? Because his body was going that way and grabbing the rim stopped his upper body and his legs retained momentum. Without the (rim) grab, there is no foul and it should have been a T.