UNC/Duke (Video)
 

About 9:25 first half. Close block/charge play called player control against UNC.

Then Bilas gave his whole "you can't move" spiel. :rolleyes:

Easy charge.

Good call. Calling official had a beautiful view...a classic pass and crash.

Bilas is an a$$, as usual. Amazing how he is so consistently wrong.

Worth another look is the GT/BI call at 13:26 second half.

Pat Driscoll goes down and Jay Bilas says, "I think he was getting his feet set to take a charge." Clever Bilas, clever.

I would like to see the block called against UNC at either 4:39 or 4:29 in the second half. I had a hard time finding what the defender did wrong in real time.

Yup, looked like a good block to me. I don't know if the video will show anything because they never showed a different angle.

Defender started falling before contact, often called a block at this level. Plus I think he was slightly late.

Foul call with 44 seconds left.

Pivot after jump stop by Okafor in OT. Travel or not?

I'm going to need the time for this play...in general, I'm don't search for plays.

I never saw the defender move forward. Sure looked to me like he continued to move backward, but I'll give Tim Nestor the benefit of the doubt until I see it again. And, falling before contact does not constitute a block.

My bad. 1:44 remaining in OT.

It does according to the college guys I've talked to. They've told me the defender has to take it.

Not according to the rules. I'm not saying you're wrong, but the premise that falling before contact constitutes a block is backed up nowhere in the rules book.

I'm well aware of the rule, and I am sure the D1 official who made the call is as well. I'm talking about the standards and expectations for how plays are officiated at that level, but you can go ahead and call that play a charge in your games.

If you would take a second to actually read my posts instead of getting defensive, I never said it was a charge and gave Nestor the benefit of the doubt. I asked what the defender did wrong. In my judgment, without any replay, he did nothing wrong by the rules. Falling early does not make it a block. Period. If D1 officials are told your philosophy, fine. I'm merely pointing out what the rules say.