Wisconsin vs. Duke - National Championship - Master Thread

[letemplay]

Originally Posted by jpgc99

Pass on a foul?? No.

That's old school thinking and is no longer an option at this level.

Old School? well, they passed on a "force out" moments before on Winslow stepping on baseline

[deecee]

IMO I've seen NBA games better officiated. It just seemed to me that at times the officials were reluctant to call fouls in key moments, and on players on both sides. I doubt it was intentional as it's a pretty stressful position they were in, but their threshold for call/no-calls was confusing at best. Why even have a PC foul in the rule book if it's enforced so inconsistently and piss poorly, and most importantly to me is how does the lead miss an OOB call. On baseline drives in 3 person that's like priority #1.

Either way the officiating didn't effect the outcome. Duke made adjustments and Wisconsin didn't.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by deecee

IMO I've seen NBA games better officiated....

I would hope so.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I would hope so.

spit take

[jpgc99]

Originally Posted by deecee

IMO I've seen NBA games better officiated.

Of course NBA games are better officiated. Those are professional games with staff referees that have enhanced training, evaluation, and consistent points of emphasis from the league.

As far as the out of bounds play, there was a lot of contact high, so I can see how the foot being out of bounds was missed.

These referees - even those in the NBA - are human. You do realize that, yes?

[ODog]

Originally Posted by letemplay

Old School? well, they passed on a "force out" moments before on Winslow stepping on baseline

That was my take on the play as well.

As it happened live, I thought a.) "Where the hell is Winslow going?" (a constant thought), then b.) "It sure looks like Hayes is pushing him pretty consistently with an arm bar."

So when the replay arrived showing him stepping on the end line, I thought, "It's a wash." Non-factor.