NC State vs Georgetown Video

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

Holy cow... BIG TIME MISS directly in front of C official! Very obvious, every junior high official would have made that call!

Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes we get caught looking in more important places and miss what the junior high officials see when they're ball watching.

[sounderref]

Originally Posted by snaqwells

maybe, maybe not. Sometimes we get caught looking in more important places and miss what the junior high officials see when they're ball watching.

+1 :-)

[Johnny Ringo]

I think that might be funny, but if you see it the C official should have been ball watching.

[wfd21]

Charles Barkley says "you just don't make that call at this level". "Great no call"!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

I think that might be funny, but if you see it the C official should have been ball watching.

Why? There was nothing else in the C's area for him to be watching? Even for a split second? Was the dribbler engaged with a defender?

[Johnny Ringo]

Once you have seen it, tell me if you think it could have easily been missed... That's all I ask.

[APG]

First play:



Second play:

[Raymond]

#1: not only did he double/illegal dribble, but he travelled in between

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

Once you have seen it, tell me if you think it could have easily been missed... That's all I ask.

Yes, there's another match-up in the C's area, and one quick glance at that match-up at the wrong moment is all it would take to miss the DD violation.

As for the 2nd, I don't think any of them could see the second hand touching the ball the way the player was positioned.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes we get caught looking in more important places and miss what the junior high officials see when they're ball watching.

Exactly. I've missed illegal dribbles when I've taken my eye off the ball handler for a split second while "on ball" -- likely to watch a screen or something similar near the ball handler. With partners that aren't ball watching, it's just going to get missed.