Auburn-Mississippi Long Distance (video)

[twocentsworth]

Thoughts?......That is a foul 100 times out of 100 and MUST be called.

Four players in an "action area" require two sets of eyes. Since Lead had no competitive match ups in his area, he expanded to this action area and got the call right (and he "sold it" so everyone knew what he had).

[bob jenkins]

"Stay in your primary" doesn't mean "put a solid wood fence aroound your primary and never look beyond it"

[Lcubed48]

I agree that the play needed a whistle. The L made the call, and he did a good job of selling it.

Did I notice that the T just prior to the release of the shot doing his impersonation of the famous Hightower pose?

[jeremy341a]

That's why it is called Primary coverage area and not Exclusive coverage area.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

That's why it is called Primary coverage area and not Exclusive coverage area.

Agree. The word primary might infer that there is a secondary, tertiary, and maybe even a quaternary, coverage area.

My quaternary coverage area, and thus, way down on my list of important coverage areas, usually involves either the concession stand, or hot single moms in the bleachers.

[BryanV21]

Point taken... thanks.

[Nikki]

If you watch the trail official - he starts to signal a 3 pt attempt but quickly drops his arm...to me this means that he recognizes that lead has the play. And from leads body language, to me he picked up the play as soon as it crossed half court and never released the play to trail. It may be unusual to see L have to come this far out of his pca to pick up a secondary match up but in my opinion this is a great call and he did a good job of making sure everyone knew what he had.

[Rich]

I'm not sure why the trail decided to stop 2 steps across the division line.

[APG]

Originally Posted by Nikki

If you watch the trail official - he starts to signal a 3 pt attempt but quickly drops his arm...to me this means that he recognizes that lead has the play. And from leads body language, to me he picked up the play as soon as it crossed half court and never released the play to trail. It may be unusual to see L have to come this far out of his pca to pick up a secondary match up but in my opinion this is a great call and he did a good job of making sure everyone knew what he had.

I'd venture he just put the hand down because the shot was blocked and he judged it to be legal..

And nothing from this clip tells me this is a definite foul. It appears to me there is contact with the hand either right before the release or just after the release (and in fact, it looks like he gets contact with the ball before all of that). Afterward, the shooter fails his arms in an attempt to draw the foul.