Wisconsin vs Kentucky (Video 6/6)

[tmagan]

I know it wasn't a college arena, but even in college arenas, when the shot clock goes off you can barely hear it on TV. The same for tonight as well. In an NBA arena, you can always hear the shot clock go off, in addition with the yellow light going off behind the backboard. How you can have a Final Four game without a shot clock yellow light behind the backboard is beyond unacceptable.

[mutantducky]

that was not even remotely close to being a basketball move. It was an obvious hit. I thought the Georgetown/EWU was a clear dead ball Tech but this one was even more egregious. There should be an outside replay system for flagrant and dead ball techs in these final games.

[BoBo]

Devils advocate here as football official so i come in peace.

The vine shows it partially but if you watch you can see where the Wisc kid is grabbing the KU players jersey as he comes across the lane and restricting progress.

As the ball crosses the court the KU players wants to turn and go to the ball. I will assume as when some is grabbing me I want pull away as fast as I can. Now as someone mentioned earlier the KU player show characteristics of swim move.

With his left hand I believe he tries to clear or separate himself from the defender to create space then takes his right arm and swims over top to get to the ball side.

When his left arm comes across he does make contact with the Wisc player above the shoulder in the head area. Then follows that action with the swim move with his right hand. Which is a common move in the game of basketball as players try to separate from defenders.

Now the next aspect is the KU player is 6' 10" and Wisc kid is 6' 4" Thus when the arm comes across at what a 6"10 person feels is not high will look and appear to be really high on a person who is 6" shorter. I am thinking this is another reason this foul was passed on.

Like in football a small back blocking against a taller defensive player i can not penalize him for a low block just because he is short so the opposite could be a factor here.

Just my two cents worth

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

that was not even remotely close to being a basketball move. It was an obvious hit.

You haven't seen much basketball have you?

[ODog]

Originally Posted by tmagan

How you can have a Final Four game without a shot clock yellow light behind the backboard is beyond unacceptable.

I kept waiting to see it on the high-angle replay they showed. There were plenty of shot clock violations last night, and I just figured I couldn't see the yellow light from the standard viewing angle.

I wholeheartedly agree that not having this for the Final Four is completely unacceptable.

[Adam]

All three of the b/c plays are pc (one is technically a tc) calls, although the last one is close enough to a flop it could have been a no call. Loved the two charge calls here, though.