As requested by Snaqwell

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Normal basketball movement means moving to occupy an empty space, not space already occupied by someone else's head. A2 was responsible to keep his elbows down and legal.

It's akin to the focus on hockey hits in the CHL.

Maybe that is your definition and that is fine, but when a player is making a catch and going to the basket, that is pretty normal to me. He did not try to throw an elbow or not have his arms raised for anything other than making a play at the basket. It was very unintentional to hit Love in the head with an elbow. And Hockey is much different as they are not shooting at something that is above their head. If they do, there are penalties that can be equated to that action. This is only an NCAA rule now and probably is going to change because of the overemphasis of every contact with an elbow.

Peace