Wisconsin vs Kentucky (Video 6/6)

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bisonlj

I"m not a basketball guy so I know what I don't know. I assume the basketball officials are right unless someone knowledgeable tells me otherwise.

One thought I had when I saw this was the contact from the player with the ball was not directly on the defender. It was more at an angle so I wondered if that was a factor in the block call. No one has mentioned it here, so I wasn't sure if that was part of the consideration.

I think it was close and probably wouldn't have called a block.

However, it looked like the defender never got completely into the path. He moved sideways just enough to get his shoulder in there but not his torso. The dribbler was going across and not at him. I don't call it that way but I know many officials who do. If the defender doesn't get their torso into the path, they don't consider it LGP.