Kentucky vs Michigan (Video)
 

Block/Charge with 44.5 seconds left in the first half.
(I have it as a blatant charge.)

BI no-call on Kentucky follow-up dunk about 2:31 in the first half.

I was surprised that the BI was missed.

Peace

Anyone catch the staredown/taunt by the Kentucky player under the basket after his big blocked shot? I thought that was an easy T that was missed.

If I am thinking about the play you are talking about, I had no problem with that situation. I would like to see it again, but there is always some emotion after a big play. If it is prolonged, then that is a different story from my point of view.

Peace

Similar BI called at 9:47 of 2nd half.

I thought the first one was easier and more obviously missed.

Peace

+1

+1

I don't know where staring down an opponent on the ground is considered acceptable, and I know John Adams has made his stance on unsportsmanlike behavior clear. However, I would like to see the play again as well and maybe I'll think differently. But, at least initially, I had a T or at the absolute least a stern "that's enough" when I was watching.

I did not say it was acceptable. But there are elephants and there are ants. I think that was an ant at best. And yes at the higher levels or even good HS games some emotion is expected. And if that is a T, any other level of emotion is a T too IMO. Again, I said I would like to see it again to be sure, but I did not think that was over the top or a slam dunk that it should have been called. I have seen a lot worse that was not penalized.

Peace

No whistle with 1:15 remaining in 2nd half.

Understandable and I agree, but there is a difference between self-motivation (chest pounding, screaming "let's go," etc.) and emotion that is directed at an opponent. Even of the Kentucky player's staredown was not T-worthy, it was still clearly directed at an opponent and that I why I think at least a "knock it off" would be appropriate. I have no problem with emotion, but I do have a problem with taunting and unsportsmanlike behavior directed at an opponent, especially one on the ground. The blocked shot itself did all the talking, no reason to risk costing your team two points.

Well not all officials have the same judgment or feeling about these things. And if you work that level you might have a different position as your judgment will be questioned more. And for all you know, they could have said something to the player or the coach. There were no problems in the game after that moment.

Peace

Just watched the second half on the DVR.
Would have been interesting if Michigans final shot went in. On the inbound the pass was tipped but the clock did not start. Officials would have had to get out the stopwatch.

I too didn't think that the clock started properly on that play.

Another reason for Precision Time (where the officials start the clock too) and not depend on the table to start it.

Best thing about this game? Zero clock reviews.

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B/C....I thought both were charges on the initial viewing live. Watching the replay now, it seems both defenders changed direction to move forward just a bit right before contact. It is very small but I think they gave up LGP by the forward movement. The C was in perfect position on the first one to make the call. That must be what he saw. On the 2nd, I don't think either the L (just rotating) or the C becoming T had that great of an angle...and didn't put a whistle on a play they couldn't see well.

BI's....both should have been BI.

Overall, I thought it was a very well officiated game....distinctly better (more consistent) than the UL/UK game two days before.

B/Cs I thought the first was PC. We have had lots of discussion about whether defensive players are moving forward at point of contact, but at what point are we splitting hairs? The way I see it, B52 had LGP, moved laterally, and then contact. Would anyone approach these plays with the ant/elephant mentality of the ant being slight forward movement (I did not notice any on first watch, but will rewatch to see) and elephant being lowering of shoulder and, IMO, the creation of the contact by A30?

I am fine with a no call on the second. I cannot tell how much contact there was from this angle.

Both BI.

I have a PC on the first play, and probably a block on the 2nd one.

Both basket plays were BI.

The C actually acknowledges that the throw-in pass was tipped, but I doubt the clock operator was looking at him.

On the first Block/PC play I can't see any movement forward by the defender. His feet moved away from the BH/dribbler until there was contact, at which point his feet stopped.

If there's any forward movement with his upper body - and I don't think there is - to me it falls in the category of firming up. As Debbie Williamson put it, "he's taking a breath because he thinks it's the last one he's ever going to take."

As to where the C was looking, I tried to watch his head and I think he just picked up the defender late.

I would have been fine with a PC on the first, any foward movement was incredibly small. I was just looking for something that the C may have seen that led him to a block.

That said, forward is forward. You have to decide one way or the other if you're going to blow a whistle. If the defender, on such a play, is not legal, why call the foul on the player who was legal over the one who wasn't. It is the defender that has the responsibility for being in a legal position, not the offense.

With Ed Corbett and Randall McCall, this game was truly a celebration of old-school mechanics.

Ed Corbett seems as though he has always stuck to his roots and has used IAABO mechanics and even an occasional bird dog.......