2011 NCAA Tournament Officials (Master Thread)

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I didn't think the hail mary was a foul. That ball was up for grabs and both players with basically straight up for the ball. Just because one falls down doesn't mean the other one fouled him.

Burr should have had line coverage on the OOB with Higgins providing secondary coverage. Walton, being directly across the court, wouldn't have had any way to reliably tell if the player was inbounds or not.

So, yes, a foul was missed. Fouls are missed. The biggest gaff in that game was the player running OOB with the ball with no whistle....that one falls only on Burr & Higgins. Walton may have been able to save the day but it would have been difficult to see from his spot (which was a correct location form him to be).

I totally agree.

I will add that to me the rebounding situation was not necessarily a foul either. It looked to me like players fell down, not that anyone was necessarily pushed. And that is a judgment call and we make many of those people will disagree with from time to time.

Peace