You make the call!
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf52e750a7Q

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Charge

Also, even with the crappy quality of this clip, I can reaffirm my stance that the Oregon court is the worst looking court in all of basketball.

after 3 or 4 replays -

Good defense, established position in time. However. offense does not go through defense that I could tell (from this poor angle). I think the defender took a dive.


No Call.

PC foul...

However, this is yet another argument for NCAAM to switch to NCAAW's mechanic on a play like this and have the C make the call. To expand on SamIAm's point, it's very difficult for the L to tell whether there was contact on this play or whether the contact was enough to warrant a whistle.

There was no C in that game...it was 2-man.

Easy Peasey Lemon Squeezy ...
 

Player control foul.

My mistake. I thought NCAA when I saw the college court.

That being the case...the L made that call outside of his PCA which explains why, IMO, he got it wrong. The T should have had that play from start to finish given where the contact took place. The L didn't even give him a chance to make the call.

2 man or 3 man, I absolutely hate the L reaching across the lane to make a block charge call.

(BTW, I'm the L)

Correct call or not, the L, whether 2-man or 3-man, has secondary defenders coming from the L's primary. It is not (to a point) where the contact occurs but where the defender came from. That defender came from the center of the lane to help with contact occurring just 1 step outside of the lane.

Once the shooter got around the primary defender, which is the T's all the way to the shot (even into the Lead's PCA), the T would have to acquire the secondary defender coming from the lead's primary...which is generally considered to be unreliable and why the L is expected to cover help defenders coming into the play from their primary. Often, as it is the case, the T's view and ability to see the secondary defender coming across the lane is at least partially blocked by both the primary defender and the offensive player the secondary defender left.

BTW, the trail didn't have a charge on that play when we talked about it at halftime....for the reasons above. He didn't pick up the secondary defender in time to know when or how he got there....he was expecting me to know.

It would be less so in 3-man since the C would have been 10-15 ft. closer to the endline than the T was on that play and would have had a better view.

I agree, Camron. The L is expected to pick up the secondary defender(s) in a situation like this and make the call just as you did. My comment/question is why were you backing away from the play? With six players ballside it is acceptable, in fact, strongly encouraged in the NFHS manual that the Lead come across to ballside to obtain a better angle even before the ball gets that low to the endline just as we would in 3-man.

I've got a PC foul, if anything. The video quality is quite poor.

camron,

why did you think it was a block, and after watching the tape do you still think it was a block?

PC Foul
 

It appears the defense got there in time and there was enough contact for a call. PC.

I had a block despite him getting his feet down in the path because I felt his torso was still moving forward at the time of contact.

My $0.02...regarding the L (i.e., you): It may be just me but when I think "acquire the secondary defender" I think picking up him/her to be prepared for contact in the lane. It's probably a function of having the "don't call across the lane" thing hammered into my head from NCAAW but during my pregame in 2-person games I tell my partner I won't pick up a play like this as the L if the defense is outside the lane unless the defender gets there really late or he/she grabs the offensive player by the arm. Again, it may just be me.

Regarding the T: I think he could've at least anticipated the second defender coming over which meant he would've been ready for contact (i.e., looking for the next matchup). A1 got past B1 with one dribble so the next thing to go through L's head could've been "B2 should be coming over any second now." It's good there was a whistle put on it but I still think the T could've gotten it.