Ohio team loses H.S. state title after late hanging-on-the-rim technical foul

[Rich]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

correct call...I can see why the fans are upset because no one is used to that call, but I think it's clear he added a bit after the dunk and the T could have been called. Sure some refs would have passed on it but I don't fault the ref here at all.

btw, speaking of a pass. In the Open Championship for California, at the end of regulation one team got the rebound with the game tied with about two seconds to go. A player was calling a TO but his team didn't have any. The refs let it go and the game went into OT. That was a great move by the refs(assuming they did it on purpose because it was fairly quick). It would have been a horrible way to end the game so pass on that T if the situation calls for it.

You're either an expert troll or a horrible official.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Rich

You're either an expert troll or a horrible official.

Why not both?

Expert Horrible Official Troll or EHOT for short?

[SCalScoreKeeper]

I'm seeing a lot of people on that ESPN board roasting this guy for making that call.Sometimes the correct call isn't always the popular call and we're not here to be popular.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Neither Junior nor I saw the game live because we were officiating in the Ohio Special Olympics State Finals in New Philadelphia, so I had to find the replay of the game on Sports Time Ohio.

The call was correct. Not to mention that everybody in the OhioHSAA office was in attendance not to mention the State Rules Interpreter and I can assure you that if the TF had not been called those officials would have heard about it in the locker room after the game from the State Rules Interpreter.

MTD, Sr.

[rockyroad]

Am I missing something here? Didn't this kid basically swing his legs high enough to kick the support? How is that "momentum"??

[walt]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Am I missing something here? Didn't this kid basically swing his legs high enough to kick the support? How is that "momentum"??

I totally agree. My first reaction the first time I watched it was "T". He also fist pounds his chest afterwards. He wasn't challenged on the rise to the rim and there is no one under him. To me this is an easy one. Even his coach didn't defend it.

[Rob1968]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Am I missing something here? Didn't this kid basically swing his legs high enough to kick the support? How is that "momentum"??

This.
"Hey guys, did you see me on that dunk? I kicked the support arm! Wasn't that cool?"
"Uhh, no, it wasn't! Your showboating cost us the game!?!"

[BryanV21]

I've seen hanging for safety reasons. If you think he was hanging like that, with his feet way up and all, for safety then you're looking for it. I don't have to look for anything to see a showboat worthy of a tech.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Am I missing something here? Didn't this kid basically swing his legs high enough to kick the support? How is that "momentum"??

Exactly. If this doesn't qualify, they may as well get rid of the rule or re-word it to require a chin up or a roar or something.

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Am I missing something here? Didn't this kid basically swing his legs high enough to kick the support? How is that "momentum"??

Did he swing them for no reason? Or was his forward momentum such that his legs kept going when he dunked and he couldn't let go lest he fall flat on his back? I think a reasonable case can be made it was that. In any case, I don't see it at all as a clear-cut no brainer.

Edited to add:

Here's a different view of the play, from the high center cam. The players has a considerable amount of forward momentum. If he let go, he's flat on the ground.

http://usatodayhss.com/2015/clevelan...oys-basketball