Maryland at Indiana: Undercut on Rebound? (Video)
 

6:50 in the second half, Indiana player appears to undercut the Maryland player.

Replay is not very good, so it might require slow down from the first angle.

Peace

I saw it, thought it was a good call. Yogi kept backing up as the Maryland player jumped straight up. Made Crean look like his family just got murdered.

If I only had better video software to show this play...

IKR

Peace

Maybe APG needs to step in. :)

Him or Jet? ;)

Peace

Don't y'all knock my man jeschmit! :D

Here's the play:

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I respectfully disagree. MD player's arms were moving quite forward and brought the rest of his body with him. Meanwhile I thought the IN player got to the spot first and was entitled to it. Didn't see him backing down too much, certainly not enough that we'd call a displacement foul under normal circumstances.

Close call but I would have gone with a MD pushing foul.

I see the Maryland rebounder going up, towards the basket a bit and creating the contact on the rebound. I see the Indiana kid get landed on and cant help but bend over like he did and probably moved backwards from being off balance and the size of what was on his back. I do NOT have an undercut on the rebound FROM THIS ANGLE.

Neither player is blameless on this one. Tough call, and no matter which is chosen, the other coach will not be happy.

I am not penalizing the bigger player just because he is bigger. I thought not only was it a good call, it was a great call and I feel the official saw the entire play.

Peace

A great call, let's not get carried away with hyperbole.

It is a great call because most would have seen the end result and penalized the bigger player because he was on top of the player inside. Heck how many times do we hear someone say "over the back" or "He had inside position." Heck the announcers said that live. And look at the reaction of the players. And I had to see replay just to determine what happened. It was subtle but it was the right call.

Peace

I agree with you on many of those points, but I still would not characterize a common foul call on a rebound play with 7 minutes to go in a 13 point game a great call.

I am not focusing on the game situation. I am focusing on the action. I just think if it was the first minute of the game or the last minute of the game, many officials would have made the call against the Maryland player, not the Indiana player. And I can say that looking at the plays the NCAA puts out and how often the first contact is often ignored.

Peace