Maryland/Notre Dame

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by bballref3966

Also a no-call just under the 8-minute mark, this time Doris said it was a "great bit of officiating."

Cameron Inouye was the primary official in both situations.

I'll try to post both when I get home but Cameron wasn't the primary on the 2nd play.

UPDATE: My apologies, BBR. I was watching the plays without the sound up and on #2 I thought it was the play right before at the Notre Dame offensive end. I keep the sound down so I don't end up posting about the nonsense from the analysts

[JetMetFan]

Here are the plays

[Raymond]

Play 1: that's a block, defender moves forward into A1's space.

Play 2: defender does the same thing; she won't catch any flack for no-calling this one.

[Adam]

Play 1:
I don't see any "forward" movement, but I don't think she gets two feet down in the path to establish LGP. Block.

Play 2:
I don't see any forward movement here, either, but I think the defender puts herself on the floor. I could live with either a PC or a no-call.

[bballref3966]

#1 should be a block if anything but I could actually live with a no call more so on that one than I can on #2.

I actually have a team control foul on play #2 (contact occurs after dribbler passes ball), the ball handler just plowed over a legal defender after passing the ball.

[Maineac]

#1 Block. Defender didn't establish LGP and moved into the shooter.
#2 I'm fine with the no call. Defender leaning into offensive player after she passes the ball AND starts taking a dive.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Maineac

#1 Block. Defender didn't establish LGP and moved into the shooter.
#2 I'm fine with the no call. Defender leaning into offensive player after she passes the ball AND starts taking a dive.

How is this possible?

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by Adam

Play 1:
I don't see any "forward" movement, but I don't think she gets two feet down in the path to establish LGP. Block.

Play 2:
I don't see any forward movement here, either, but I think the defender puts herself on the floor. I could live with either a PC or a no-call.

#1 - I don't see B1 being set (both feet down) prior to the contact. Block.

#2 - Watching this play live, I thought PC from my view. I still think so.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Lcubed48

#1 - I don't see B1 being set (both feet down) prior to the contact. Block.

#2 - Watching this play live, I thought PC from my view. I still think so.

You still use this word for this situation?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

You still use this word for this situation?

Things Officials Should Probably Not Be Saying In A Game

“He wasn’t set”, is often an official’s answer to a coach who is questioning a blocking foul on his player. This implies that a defensive player must be set, and can’t move, to take a charge, while, in reality, the rules say otherwise. A defensive player does not have to remain stationary to take a charge. A defender may turn away or duck to absorb contact, provided he, or she, has already established legal guarding position, which is both feet on the playing court and facing the opponent. The defender can always move backwards, or sideways, to maintain a legal guarding position, and may even have one, or both feet, off the floor when contact occurs. That player may legally rise vertically. However, if the defender is moving forward, then the contact is caused by the defender, which, in this case, is a blocking foul.