Clip(s): Iowa State v. Ohio State
 

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1. He never puts the ball back on the floor. How do you wave that off? What else was he doing but shooting?

2. Clearly a charge IMO. Craft has both feet down before the shooter goes airborne and that is without any consideration to the RA. But the replay I saw after the game and in the studio of CBS, it looked like his heel was over the line. That being said, I do not see how an officials gets that call in real time.

Peace

1. Yeah, that was my thought live. He stopped dribbling before the bump and continued with his shooting motion. What more did the L want? That's one of those where the T might have said "You've got shots, right?" as the L took the call to the table.

2. That's where the C is supposed to come in and help but I can see why he wouldn't if he wasn't 100% sure. That being said, my guess is someone asked the C after the game if there was a chance for him to pick up the RA.

1. Easily in the act of shooting...and 1.

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.

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

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".

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

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.

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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.

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

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.

Well it was not that simple. He kind of went on and on and was a little unreasonable about it. He made it sound like there is no way the officials should have missed that. And Kenny and Greg Anthony were basically talking Charles off the ledge. Just like they were giving him crap about his position about the Big Ten. And when John Adams came on and said what he felt about the call, Charles had nothing to say. Not sure if he was not in the room or he just was asked not to say anything, but Charles had nothing to ask or say about John's comments.

Peace

I give Charles credit, when he's wrong, he's emphatically and spectacularly wrong.

I'm glad I wasn't crazy when I thought the first play was a shooting foul.

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

I must have missed the whole exchange, so I'm wrong. I'll defend Charles whole body of work though, but it sounds like he went overboard

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

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.

1. its all about the gather - he has started his shooting motion
2. fast or slow I got a block - it is very close

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.

According to my bracket it was a great call. :D

That was my first thought as well. However, after looking at the play again, I can see why the officials stayed with the PC. The lead rotates as the ISU player begins his drive. The old T/new C is hustling to get into position, but he is a long ways away at contact, and on the move. He probably isn't sure and rightfully leaves it alone. The old C/new T has two defenders and the shooter between him and the secondary defender. He has a PC and knows the L does too, based on his body language after the whistle. The L is focused on the shot being challenged as his eyes are looking up the entire time. He has no idea how close the secondary defender is to the RA. He sees the aftermath of the collision and signals the PC, which he believes to be correct. Tough break for the Cyclones, but as stated in this thread, nearly impossible to get correct at real speed. I don't think you can hold this one against the official/crew.

On a side note, the local sports radio in Iowa wasn't that distraught over it (at least not on my commute this morning). Nothing like the KU block/charge, that's for sure.

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.

Me too :D