Clip(s): Iowa State v. Ohio State

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by APG

2. RA block... understandably missed in real time.

Which is essentially what John Adams said in an interview on CBS immediately after the game.

As usual, Barkley was popping off about how the officials missed it..."a turrible call". Not sure why they let him near a microphone.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

Which is essentially what John Adams said in an interview on CBS immediately after the game.

As usual, Barkley was popping off about how the officials missed it..."a turrible call". Not sure why they let him near a microphone.

I love Barkley. He is right a lot more than he's wrong. He may not be the most eloquent but I really have no interest in hearing the Queen of England talk basketball.

He is one of the most entertaining they have as he's not afraid to tell the truth where others try to be PC.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I love Barkley. He is right a lot more than he's wrong. He may not be the most eloquent but I really have no interest in hearing the Queen of England talk basketball.

He is one of the most entertaining they have as he's not afraid to tell the truth where others try to be PC.

He is certainly entertaining, but when it comes to rules and situations with rules he is a lot more wrong than anything. He went on and on yesterday about the FF rules and did not realize that the people that came up with these rules played the game and are coaches. Most college coaches played somewhere and most at the level coaches at a school that could play in this tournament. Barkley is just bad most of the time.

Peace

[Johnny Ringo]

Forget about the restricted area for a moment and if this were NFHS rules, do you have block or charge?

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

Forget about the restricted area for a moment and if this were NFHS rules, do you have block or charge?

A charge IMO. I thought Craft was in LGP and, even using the non-informed fan rules, "set".

[OKREF]

I have a foul on 1 white, prior to the block/charge.

[4-40]

Originally Posted by OKREF

I have a foul on 1 white, prior to the block/charge.

I wouldn't call that foul. The contact is minimal at best and doesn't cause the shooter to crash into the defender. The collision is going to happen regardless of the contact by #1. The block/charge is the elephant on the play and the needs the whistle.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

He is one of the most entertaining they have as he's not afraid to tell the truth where others try to be PC.

I think he's a buffoon but I find him entertaining like Howard Stern entertaining...tune in to see what he's going to say next. I'm surprised CBS gave him such a visible slot.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

I think he's a buffoon but I find him entertaining like Howard Stern entertaining...tune in to see what he's going to say next. I'm surprised CBS gave him such a visible slot.

Same reason he's on countless ads, people like him, he's honest. Why do you feel he's a buffoon?

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Same reason he's on countless ads, people like him, he's honest. Why do you feel he's a buffoon?

He's only honest with saying what he's thinking not the facts.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I love Barkley. He is right a lot more than he's wrong. He may not be the most eloquent but I really have no interest in hearing the Queen of England talk basketball.

He is one of the most entertaining they have as he's not afraid to tell the truth where others try to be PC.

Plus 1

He only said ref missed call which he apparently did according to most here. I never heard him say 'turrible call' The announcing crew admiitted it was a very tough call implying the crew did the best they could, but just missed this one, which is understandable.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Plus 1

He only said ref missed call which he apparently did according to most here. I never heard him say 'turrible call' The announcing crew admiitted it was a very tough call implying the crew did the best they could, but just missed this one, which is understandable.

I watched it to the end...he went on and on about how bad a call it was. Others on the panel, including Gumbel, were defending the official because of how close/borderline and fast the play was...they showed repeated replays with Craft's foot hovering over the RA...in chimes Charles...It was turrible.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

I watched it to the end...he went on and on about how bad a call it was. Others on the panel, including Gumbel, were defending the official because of how close/borderline and fast the play was...they showed repeated replays with Craft's foot hovering over the RA...in chimes Charles...It was turrible.

I must have missed that exchange. Still a Charles fan, no filter, which is refreshing from some of the other suits(Bilas)

[zm1283]

I love the NBA analysts on the NCAA tournament, including Charles. He did go overboard criticizing this call, which by the way is incredibly hard at real speed. I don't know how the Lead could have seen the heel over that line by maybe an inch. Either way, he is entertaining and that is what the networks want. The other guys in the studio defended the officials, and talked about how they miss calls, players make mistakes, coaches make mistakes...It's all part of the game.

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I love the NBA analysts on the NCAA tournament, including Charles. He did go overboard criticizing this call, which by the way is incredibly hard at real speed. I don't know how the Lead could have seen the heel over that line by maybe an inch. Either way, he is entertaining and that is what the networks want. The other guys in the studio defended the officials, and talked about how they miss calls, players make mistakes, coaches make mistakes...It's all part of the game.

I thought Chuck took it way too personal, he was tired of his criticisms of the Big Ten blowing up in his face and latched onto this like it was the holy grail of why ISU got screwed. Kenny and Greg Anthony were pretty reasonable, but Gumbel teased it all day as the "CONTROVERSIAL" call. Not a once was it mentioned that this came with 1:41 left in the game, not 20 seconds or something.