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Sorry if it's a dumb question, but couldn't it be BI even if the ball doesn't seem to have a chance to go in. It looks from the overhead like the ball is just barely in the cylinder by a fraction. Everyone seems to be assuming the call was GT, but would BI be defensible in this circumstance?
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That ball had no possibility of going in. An unfortunate bailout call. It appeared to be an airball and it's debatable whether it was even still above the cylinder when he touched it. Horrible way for a game to essentially end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp2x4TiYTjY Video link ^^^ I don't know if I can embed or how. Last edited by hbk314; Thu Mar 19, 2015 at 05:35pm. |
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I guess for me it would depend on how he supported it. I might be able to understand making the call live from an official's angle, but to back the call based on the available replays is just silly. It was awful.
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I also concur with those who feel the ball was already below ring level. Anyone else notice the C (who had the exact angle to show the airball wide) immediately look to the table and give a hand signal as if to demonstrate "a few inches short," a la football officials signaling being short of a first down? That's when I thought they were going to get together to get the call right. Maybe his signal meant something else I'm unaware of, because they obviously didn't get together to discuss GT and they didn't get it right. |
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Excellent call. The defender can't be so dumb as the play a ball coming down at the rim.
It didn't have a high chance of going in but I've seem some unlikely bounces over the years. Unless it is going to completely miss the rim, the defender has to leave it alone.
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You can honestly look at the video and say that was going to be an airball had the defender not touched it? Looks clear to me it was going to hit the rim.
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I concur that Adam's defended the call because he has to, there was no chance of the ball going in, he knew that, and he was wishy-washy on it.
The mechanics somewhat problematic...table side T did not have the angle to make this call. C had shooter and angle. Replay has both. GET IT RIGHT! Right? Why can't we let the official with the call take a look and change his mind. |
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It may have grazed the rim. It was way long and way right. Zero chance of it going in. Horrible call with the benefit of replay.
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I agree with you watching it live and in the video APG posted, but later on there was a side angle view showed by the network that was much more definitive. Hand hit the ball above the rim level on the way down. Great call.
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I'm one to be critical of refs when it is called for, but here I have to say it was a good call. Very tough one for SMU. I seriously doubt the ball had any chance of going in. But the defender should have left it alone.
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