Gonzaga/Tenn

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Very disappointed in Jay Bilas, who is normally pretty good, today for his lack of understanding of the BI rule.

Why is the assumption that the official is incorrect instead of people presuming that the TV announcers are wrong?

The announcers declared that this was absolutely illegal.

Update: The SportsCenter guys just said that it should have been an "automatic goaltending."

I saw the play last night. I, also, thought the same of Bilas. He kept referring to the play as GT, and he insisted on repeating that several times with a replay. AND, he never once referred to BI. Yet, he looked good on camera. A good learning situation went up in smoke.

[GoodwillRef]

Basketball
NCAA
Rule 4: Definitions
Section 5: Basket Interference - Article 2c
Basket interference occurs when a player [a thru d]:

c. Reaches through the basket from below and touches the ball before it enters the cylinder.

[zm1283]

Along these same lines, Jeff Van Gundy was wrong about a call in the Duke/Davidson game last night. (In case anyone missed it, the ESPN NBA crew did the Duke game and the college crew did the NBA game last night)

A Duke player took a charge and was very close to being under the basket. Van Gundy said that he couldn't take the charge because he was under the basket and that he didn't beat the offensive player to the spot. I slowed it down and he had LGP before the Davidson player left the floor. It was very close but I thought it was a PC foul.