Louisville-Uc Irvine - refs in the press again (Video)
 

I like the no call.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/loui...caa-tournament

It should be emphasized that a foul call here would not have put UC-Irvine on the line–Louisville was using its remaining fouls to give.

I liked it, too.

What made you guys like a no call?

What does it matter even if it was a "TAKE FOUL" (which is what it was), that's an OBVIOUS FOUL

It gives off the perception to many paranoid fans already that the refs are on the scoreboard and are just trying to get out of there. . .

I don't see any illegal contact. The defender went for the ball and cleanly knocked the ball loose. A different camera angle might make me change my mind, but from the angle provided I don't see a foul.

Now, the writing of the article? Absolutely terrible. I'm going to look for a sports journalism forum and go bash Chris Chase.

Those kind of fans don't deserve a second thought.

I have no problem questioning a specific call, but using said call to question an official's integrity is outrageous.

FWIW, I would've had a foul on the play. I think the contact came before the defender got to the ball.

I'm sorry, but since when is it our job to care what said "paranoid fans" think?

Good luck in your officiating pursuits if you adjudicate plays based on the perceptions of "paranoid fans."

From the only video I've seen, I can't even say whether there was contact or not. Certainly not good enough to question the call.

Even if there was contact, it is possible that the defender had already poked the ball away making it a lot harder to justify the contact was a foul.

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This.

I credit the official for not just automatically calling a foul when the player lunged. Surely they knew that they only had 5 team fouls and were looking for Louisville to commit a foul.

The Irvine player was careless and paid for it. Watching the video it looked like the dribbler lost control on his own before the Louisville player could even try to foul him.

no foul.

gawd I hate dumb coaches when they yell at me to call the Reaching Foul on plays like this :mad:

I do not see a foul. Good judgment by Center, he saw the play.

After seeing the additional views, this is an outstanding no call.

Lesson for all of us: do not anticipate the foul, do not assume the foul. Referee the contact from start to finish. Very impressive work by the C to make the correct ruling on this!

Looks like a foul to me. Body then ball.

I don't think the defender ever touched the ball. I also don't think he fouled the player.

Defender wasn't legal and initiated the contact causing the dribbler to lose the ball. Pretty sure that should result in a foul.

That move would be a legal shoulder charge in soccer, but...

Shoulder bump leading to the dribbler losing control of the ball. I'd put air in the whistle here...all made easier given the game situation.

He most definitely hit the ball. That last shot shows that.

And he got in underneath A1's shoulder getting the ball before any incidental contact.

I'm not sure whether there was a foul or not.

I thought the ball handler did some acting rather than take care of the ball.

I also thought it was a poor play call. If a foul was called, UC Irvine would have had the ball at midcourt with about 4.1 secconds left. I think a better play would have been to get the ball to a player who was in scoring position such that the player could have gotten a shot off or the inbounds would have been along the end line.

In most cases I would say this isn't a foul, but the fact that their coach was calling for a foul and it was obvious they had fouls to give, I would call anything marginal.

In reality, I don't think this was a foul, but knowing that they were trying to foul I would foul.

Earlier in the game Louisville had a one on one where it looked like UCI clearly went for the foul and made some decent contact and no foul was called. In most cases this just leads to escalation. But the no call was right, if for the wrong/right reasons.

As soon as I read the name Chris Chase, it sparked my memory, there are already plenty of Chase bashing sites out there! He is terrible

Got nothing !!!!

Don't anticipate even when you think there will be a "take foul".....

With the 2nd video, I have foul. Definite contact, and even if the defender touched the ball first, it was the contact which prevented the dribbler from being able to maintain control of the ball.

Completely agree. An unfortunate miss that may or may not have ultimately made a difference.