+1

I have a charge in first viewing. I watched the slow motion and rewinded it a few times and still a charge.

Defender establishes LPG and takes the contact right in the torso, he is clearly out of the RA. But it's a bang bang play and I thought the L did a good job of selling it hard and quickly.

I just think he got it wrong :D

+1

I've got a charge on this. Live, I would go charge and want to see tape later. Slow, it gets pretty clear that it's a charge.

I have a charge but this is as bang bang as it gets.

PC, and I don't think its really that close. Then again, I come out of the locker room calling charges.

Seriously, we have to stop chickening-out (in my view what happens) on these calls. I feel like too many officials think the block is the "safe" call. Hold the defender to the guidelines of the rule and nothing more. We protect the shooter only in situations where the defender initiated or is otherwise responsible for the contact.

I think because I'm still learning, I would have called this a block as L. Very close and the fact that B was sliding (I know by rule he's allowed to) makes my first inclination for these types of plays to be a block. A1 also took off so close to the defender that it's the kind of play that will still surprise me sometimes.

What should the L have done differently?

Called the charge. Looks to me like he's in good enough position to see the defender.

Agreed. I don't think this is a matter of what the L could have done differently other than go the other way with the call.

It's bang bang and I can see how from the L's vantage point it may look like the defender slid late into the path or even under the offensive player if he thought the offense was already air borne.

I'm with the majority in going with a PC here but I've likely called similar plays a block before so I'm not too critical of an official going with the block. I'm sure he'll review it on tape, probably wish he went the other way, and have a higher accuracy percentage going forward than most everyone here, yours truly included.

This is why I said in my first post a few days ago I was surprised Valentine didn't make the call...in large part because it's him but also because he had the best view of when the offensive player made contact.

I had a charge live, btw.

I agree with TexAggie and MTD, Sr. - a lot of guys, even at the upper levels, chicken out and go with the block because it's safe. Since I'm NCAAW someone who is an NCAAM official would have to tell me but I get the feeling on the Men's side of things the default is "when in doubt, call a block."

PC all the way.

Contact!
 

Since I can't seem to attach a picture :mad: I took a screen shot of the moment just before impact.

http://youtu.be/J15BZYhNEKg

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Bless you, Welpe
 

Thanks.

As I was saying, here's a screen shot of the moment just before impact:

http://i44.tinypic.com/2mngpxf.gif

After further review................?????

Still sticking with block?