2011 NCAA Tournament Officials (Master Thread)

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by canuckrefguy

Who's got the first look on this play? Walton at the centre position. Burr could have been a bit closer on the play - but he's behind the last two players, pretty much where he should be. He could have been "wider" - but still probably would have been straightlined. In either case, Walton still would have had the better angle.

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There is absolutely no reason for Burr to be behind the last 2 players on this play. He could have officiated those 2 players from the free throw line extended. It would have given the crew inside and outside coverage of the attempted catch.

In the unlikely scenario that Rutgers would have attempted to throw a pass 90' to the deepest player Walton is more than fast enough to have made his way down the court to help and Burr would have only had to move 12-13' once he saw where the pass was going.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

... and Burr would have only had to move 12-13' once he saw where the pass was going.

But he is not capable of moving that distance in that amount of time.

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

There is absolutely no reason for Burr to be behind the last 2 players on this play. He could have officiated those 2 players from the free throw line extended. It would have given the crew inside and outside coverage of the attempted catch.

In the unlikely scenario that Rutgers would have attempted to throw a pass 90' to the deepest player Walton is more than fast enough to have made his way down the court to help and Burr would have only had to move 12-13' once he saw where the pass was going.

Wow. I haven't seen these plays since a few days after it happened. Ahh, the anger at the time

In terms of Higgins' he was actually standing on the court while the FTs were being shot before the inbounds pass. All he did was back up to the sideline while staying 4-5 feet from the endline.

Burr broke the cardinal rule I was taught early on: there shouldn't be 94 feet (or 84 feet in H.S.) between me and the ball when I'm the L and the ball is being inbounded in the backcourt. If he's at the FT line extended he can see anything he needs to. It's not as though the Rutgers players would've been able to catch the pass and dribble unimpeded to the basket.

As for Walton, I actually thought he could've seen the player run out OOB with the ball since he's supposed to be responsible for the ball from arc to arc in that situation. At the very least at the time I felt he should've called a travel before (or as) the SJU player was going OOB which could've solved a lot.