Intentional Foul???

[just another ref]

Didn't have the best look at either, but on the second one it looks like a defender pawing at a guy 30-40 feet from the ball and running away from the play. Looked like either intentional or ignore it to me.

[jearef]

I was watching the game, and my initial reaction was that both fouls should have been called intentional. The NCAA definition of intentional foul includes "fouling a player clearly away from the ball who is not directly involved with the play, specifically designed to stop or keep the clock from starting." As I recall, on the first foul, a Marquette player secured the ball and the defenders ran away from him and toward the 50% foul shooter. On the second foul, the ball was near the top of the key and the 50% guy was running across the endline with the defender chasing him. It was obvious what Kentucky was doing, and they darn near pulled it off. I'll bet we see that series of plays on the NCAA training film next year.

[eyezen]

Isn't this the same team that GT'd a free-throw?

I wish one of them would of boned the play.

"I didn't know that was the rule, either."