Maryland vs. Louisville (Women's)
 

3:27 in second half. Foul on Alyssa Thompson for displacement or incidental contact battling for a rebound? Was called a foul.

video added
 

Here's the play...


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That's a foul, and it's not even close.

Foul.

Announcers gave the ol', "That's just a loose ball" line or something like that.

That's definitely a foul. I'm sure the announcers probably said something stupid.

It might be a foul, but not a slam dunk. Both players jumped toward the ball. The Louisville player just took the brunt of the contact. I have no problem if someone no-called this.

Peace

I would have a play on.

Looks like a good call to me. L'ville player is moving toward the endline and the Maryland player is moving across the key, causing the contact. Contact was enough to knock the L'ville player down. Seems pretty easy.

Yep.

Hmmm... I'm in the minority here - I don't see this as a foul, at least not from just this one angle.

Definitely a foul. I just requested the video to make sure I wasn't the only one who thought Doris Burke was naive.

I agree....50/50 ball with both players jumping towards each other from equally advantageous positions.

That said, I could just as easily make a case for a foul on either player.

You could pretty much do anything here and be "right".

Womens: Foul

Mens: Play on

Terrapins Fan, unbiased opinion, FOUL.

No, wait, did the Md player commit the foul? No Foul.....seriously, foul...

Agreed
 

Welcome to the world of women's basketball !!! You know all those jump balls you are going to call in AAU the next two months in girls games, that you wouldn't call in a men's game. Well that is a foul that we call because it is women's basketball, but we would no call that in a guy's game.....

I think more people would want a foul here. Now if that is right or not is another situation. But I think calling a foul actually penalizes the bigger player because they are bigger. The Maryland player actually got to the ball first. That is why I would be uncomfortable calling a foul here (with the benefit of replay of course).

Peace

Rut -

But in a men's game hs varisty or above you wouldn't even think of having a whistle would you......

Hey Ghost ?????
 

I know you read this stuff, I'm calling you out What do you think ????

Not likely. Then again I worked only one regular season girl's high school game this year. I am not the best judge of the difference. I just know that if you breathe on a girl wrong in a basketball game many coaches, fans or officials feel there should be a foul.

Peace

Agree 100%...... I even had a hs girls coach say this year, "he's a guys referee, he will let you push more than the other officials." I took that as a compliment.:):):)

I had nothing based on the initial angle, but that endline angle shows red coming over into white and creating the contact. Good call.

Ghost already replied.

But it was invisible so you couldn't see it.

That's nonsense. I don't call boys any differently than I call girls. They *do* play differently and force me into some calls I wouldn't have to make in boys games, though.

Worked 53 HS games this year, 12 of them girls.

I'm the reverse of Rich. I had 48 HS games this past season and 38 of them were GV. There was a difference in how the games were called (not on held balls...) but that was mainly because we follow NCAAW guidelines in my NYC GV games. In 2012-13 I called things pretty much the same regardless of who was playing.

I've got a foul here, but maybe that's just because I don't know how to stay out of the game.

Post of the Day! Thanks for the laugh. :)