foul or travel?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

It was Villanova vs. Georgetown near the end of the season two years ago. The game was tied and the foul was called near the 28' mark in the backcourt with less than a second left. Georgetown made two FTs and won the game.

Well that's fine, but WHO called that foul?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Well that's fine, but WHO called that foul?

Ask a Villanova fan.

[bbcof83]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Well that's fine, but WHO called that foul?

YouTube - Georgetown/Villanova Horrible Call

Bob Donnato called it. Jay Bilas of course ripped him and couldn't possibly understand how the call could ever be made in that situation. At the end of this clip in the "post game" Sean McDonough actually explains that the bump pushed the player OOB and that's why Donnato called the foul. But not surprisingly Bilas denies that rationale completely and says "you can make any technical justification you want for some of these calls, but the truth is at that stage of the game when you're 80 feet from the basket, that's one where there was no foul and you didn't see the foot on the line."

I think the implication his "some of these calls" line makes bothers me the most. Arrogant know-it-all.