Kentucky/Louisville

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Deej, did you notice Cahill, the Lead, on the play? I thought that he had a good look at the play and he did call the held ball, but the Trail had to come all the way in to make the subsequent calls. The Trail called both initial "T"s against Louisville while Cahill seemed to stay right out of the play.

Cahill is a veteran official who has shown that he's certainly not afraid to make the tough call. I was just wondering why he didn't get more involved in a play that was right in front of him.

Thoughts?

I honestly think he was blocked out of a lot of the stuff - too many bodies in the way. As he was closing in the Louisville players who did the pushing were pushing the UK player toward Cahill. So he was in probably the worst position to call those first T's...then he must have been the U2 as he was the one who stayed out on the court and kept an eye on the players/benches.

From my vantage point on the couch, I honestly thought this was a flagrant foul. I would love to hear their post-game discussion! Perhaps they only went with the T because the reaction of the Louisville player was fairly subdued...if he comes up and takes a swing, perhaps they toss both players? I don't know - just speculating here.

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

I thought the elbow was flagrant.

Having said that, there was a play later in the first half where Cousins shoved an opponent during a dead ball. When I saw it, I immediately thought "T", but nothing was called. I don't know if they didn't see it or didn't think a technical was warranted, but I hope that somebody didn't see it and think "well, he already has one technical, so I'll pass on this."