Jay Bilas: "Worst call in history of basketball" (OSU/Maryland) [VIDEO]

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Archie Lib

Thanks Constable.

What I saw was a good deal of contact with Thompson's left arm and left side against the defender/rebounder while both were airborne during/immediately after the put back. It appears to be sufficient to move the defender's head and displace him. Maybe I'm looking at it wrong. But I get what you are saying regarding the player control part. I mistakenly thought that the airborne shooter was considered to be in control during a put back.

Rich

You're right. In this case, all the contact is made after the ball is caught on the rebound. Thus, if a foul is called, it is a PC foul.

That said, contact is generally considered incidental (and not a foul) if it doesn't hinder the opponent from doing what he's trying to do. In this case, I don't see the defender doing much. This is what happens when you wait for the ball. The displacement is minimal, and at this level rarely gets called.

I think this is a missed call, but I'm not even sure I'd classify it as a bad miss for the reasons you wrote here.