Xavier vs Kansas State

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by zm1283

In this play, the K-State player caught it either while laying on the ground or going to the ground and threw it toward the BC with both hands. If that wasn't the definition of control, I don't know what is.

Whether the ball was caught(came to rest) is and will always be a judgment call to be made by the official responsible for that determination. If he says it wasn't caught, then it wasn't(whether it was caught in somebody else's judgment) and therefore there was no player control and no backcourt violation.

All you're doing now is arguing that your judgment is better than the calling official's judgment. And that's an argument that is impossible for you to win...or lose.

The only thing that is for sure though is that the calling official's judgment is gonna prevail...no matter what.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

The only thing that is for sure though is that the calling official's judgment is gonna prevail...no matter what.

+1

There's a reason that clinicians almost never say anything about an official's judgment. They might ask what you saw in order to probe your rules knowledge, but they generally don't challenge your judgment.

Their focus is on everything before and after that moment of judgment: getting into position, using good mechanics, etc. Good judgment comes only with good experience, but the rest is teachable.