12/27/14 Gonzaga vs BYU (Video)

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Official simply kicked the call. He thought ball was touched after touching backboard above the rim. I would hardly call that smacking the backboard.

I agree. The player didn't cause any vibrating of the basket or board that was noticable by an official. Certainly no more vibration was caused by the player touching the board than the ball hitting the board less than a second before. The official must have thought the player touched the ball after it contacted the board.

[Blindolbat]

Slo-mo you can't see the board move, but watch it again in full speed.
That board most definitely is moving after contact.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I agree. The player didn't cause any vibrating of the basket or board that was noticable by an official. Certainly no more vibration was caused by the player touching the board than the ball hitting the board less than a second before. The official must have thought the player touched the ball after it contacted the board.

Agree.

[Rich]

Not enough to make that call, IMO.

[twocentsworth]

to be honest, from the comfort of my chair and almost 3 weeks after the play happened, the shaking/movement of the backboard seemed to be marginal...so I'm going to defer to the judgment of the center official (since he had the best look) and trust his judgment....