Nova vs Georgetown

[lpbreeze]

yah. foul maybe but let it go. the ending of the Indiana game where the guy clearly was fouled shooting a 70 footer was a good no call. This should not have been called. If a ref blows a foul then why not waive it off and say inadvertent whistle? instead now a questionable call decides the game.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by lpbreeze

yah. foul maybe but let it go. the ending of the Indiana game where the guy clearly was fouled shooting a 70 footer was a good no call. This should not have been called. If a ref blows a foul then why not waive it off and say inadvertent whistle? instead now a questionable call decides the game.

You cannot make that in inadvertent whistle. The ball handler was pushed out of bounds. The defender put the official in that situation to make that call, not the other way around. There was clearly displacement (which Hank Nichols goes on and on about in the bulletins) that caused the ball handler to get out of bounds. I think we have to get away with the idea that we cannot decide the game. I agree if there is some minor contact you might not be so quick to call a foul. But if the defender backed off and did not bump the ball handler out of bounds, maybe the official would have passed.

Peace

[SMEngmann]

To me, obvious foul, clear displacement. Also the fact that 0.1 is on the clock is irrelevant because while the official might have a good idea of the time, he cannot possibly be that precise and a difference of even a second on this type of play is huge. In that spot, the official has to make the call, good call, horrible defense.

[tomegun]

I looked at the replay; was Wallace ever really out of bounds or just close?

[Coltdoggs]

Originally Posted by SMEngmann

To me, obvious foul, clear displacement. Also the fact that 0.1 is on the clock is irrelevant because while the official might have a good idea of the time, he cannot possibly be that precise and a difference of even a second on this type of play is huge. In that spot, the official has to make the call, good call, horrible defense.

I'm with you on this one....The contact clearly impeaded the offensive players progress....

To me, time has no relevance in on a foul...Now one poster stated it was a bad foul in the whole context of the game? I didn't see the whole game but to me, that would have been a foul in the first minute of the game just as it was whistled in the final seconds.

What's with the statement that it was "The best FT shooter in the history of G-Town basketball"....What the HELL does that have to do with why you would or would not make this call? That has no relevance in this conversation