Rutgers vs Villanova

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It wasn't even out of his hand when the shot clock hit 0.

Question from a high school official with very, very little experience with a shot clock: Do the red lights on the backboard go on when there is a shot clock violation?

[APG]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Question from a high school official with very, very little experience with a shot clock: Do the red lights on the backboard go on when there is a shot clock violation?

Not sure for NCAA if it's mandated, but for the NBA, they have a single bar of light, above the box on the backboard, that lights up (in coordination with the shot clock horn) for shot clock violations. When a quarter ends, the lights on all four sides of the glass light up (the differentiate between the two...as well as a different horn to signal the end of the quarter).

[Raymond]

KH not having a good week.

He had a very questionable call on a 3-pt shot by Curry yesterday.

[Toren]

Pretty obvious player control here.

I've never had the opportunity to judge the shot clock, so I won't place judgement on these guys for missing that one.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

KH not having a good week.

He had a very questionable call on a 3-pt shot by Curry yesterday.

And an accidental whistle on a 3 pointer by Barnes late in the game.

Karl's not having a good several weeks.

[BayStateRef]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Question from a high school official with very, very little experience with a shot clock: Do the red lights on the backboard go on when there is a shot clock violation?

No. The shot clock may have LED lights around it to indicate expiration of the shot clock period, but the backboard lights are only supposed to go off at the end of a period. In the college and HS gyms where I have officiated (Mass. does use a shot clock), none of the shot clocks have the LED lights.

[twocentsworth]

WOW!!! The charge was absolutely brutal......Hess can't run and it looks like his judgement is even worse (add in the NC State debacle and he shouldn't be working in the post-season....but ugh, I'm sure he will).

[Rich]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

WOW!!! The charge was absolutely brutal......Hess can't run and it looks like his judgement is even worse (add in the NC State debacle and he shouldn't be working in the post-season....but ugh, I'm sure he will).

He worked the highest profile game of the season yesterday and has worked about 90 games. Clearly, many like his work.

And to me it looks like he covers the court quite well.

[twocentsworth]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

He worked the highest profile game of the season yesterday and has worked about 90 games. Clearly, many like his work.

And to me it looks like he covers the court quite well.

Tim Higgins hasn't been able to run for several years either, but he still got high number of games each year too....

Fortunately, his games have decreased recently:

2009-2010 62
2010-2011 50
2011-2012 32

Just watch Hess work....he can't run.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

Tim Higgins hasn't been able to run for several years either, but he still got high number of games each year too....

Fortunately, his games have decreased recently:

2009-2010 62
2010-2011 50
2011-2012 32

Just watch Hess work....he can't run.

Like I said, he looked to get down the floor pretty well on this play regardless of whether he got the call right. I've seen missed calls from guys standing still in perfect position. If you think the top officials are going to be able to beat 21-year-old players sprinting down the court without cheating back, well, let's just say I think that's an unrealistic expectation.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

Tim Higgins hasn't been able to run for several years either, but he still got high number of games each year too....

Fortunately, his games have decreased recently:

2009-2010 62
2010-2011 50
2011-2012 32

Just watch Hess work....he can't run.

I will say I can name 3 other high profile (Final Four) officials who recently either retired or had drastically reduced schedules once their running became noticeably impaired.

Can't really say I've watched Hess enough to see how his running looks.

[Adam]

Good grief, my ignore list just keeps growing.