Controversial end to Oregon Tournament Game

[paulsonj72]

Saw this come up in my twitter feed, This happened in an Oregon tournament game. The call be the officials was no good. Watch said video and tell me what you think. Ignore comments after the story.

http://highschoolsports.oregonlive.c...mas-game-poll/

Shot looks good to me.

[mutantducky]

http://highschoolsports.oregonlive.c...oss-to-jesuit/

the cell phone video appears to show the shot released before the buzzer. does anyone see the clock? I wonder if that was right.

I have no problem with overturning these type of calls if the video evidence is clear. Let's move forward to the 21st century people!

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

http://highschoolsports.oregonlive.c...oss-to-jesuit/

the cell phone video appears to show the shot released before the buzzer. does anyone see the clock? I wonder if that was right.

I have no problem with overturning these type of calls if the video evidence is clear. Let's move forward to the 21st century people!

That video doesn't show anything. Neither the ball nor the shooter's hand is even in the video at the time of interest. The clock also isn't visible. All you can tell from that video is that the horn sounded sometime after the ball and the shooter's hand exited the top of the video frame. It is also very hard to tell when exactly the horn started sounding.

I had just worked the team in white in the prior round on Tuesday night. It wasn't such a close game. Then I worked this same school's girls team the day after the game in question. Some of the staff at the game that day told me about it and said they thought the shot should have counted.

[MechanicGuy]

Glad I wasn't on that game.....and it seems it was 2-man too

Yikes. That's a long way to go for the trail to make that call, no?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by MechanicGuy

Glad I wasn't on that game.....and it seems it was 2-man too

Yikes. That's a long way to go for the trail to make that call, no?

It was, but 3-person really wouldn't have helped if the last shot belongs to the official opposite the table as is the case in some mechanics systems, including NFHS. It would have still been on the trial and he would have still been coming from as far away.

Instead, the T, coming from so far away, should have obtained input from the Lead (or both the Lead and Center if it had been a 3-person game) rather than make the call on the run.

I think it would be better on short-clock situations starting in the backcourt for L to take it (or the C in a 3 person game) regardless of which side of the court they are on. The C, in a 3-person game, is a lot more likely to be in a good position to make the call on such length-of-court plays.

[MechanicGuy]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It was, but 3-person really wouldn't have helped if the last shot belongs to the official opposite the table as is the case in some mechanics systems, including NFHS. It would have still been on the trial and he would have still been coming from as far away.

Instead, the T, coming from so far away, should have obtained input from the Lead (or both the Lead and Center if it had been a 3-person game) rather than make the call on the run.

True, but if the goal is more information, a 3rd official (C) would have the best idea on this play, just by virtue of being within 50 feet of the play lol.