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Message: [QUOTE="nimzovich, post: 4256223, member: 1000"] I realize I am in the minority here, but Im not convinced that the violation call was correct, IF she was called for faking the free throw. It was stated earlier in this thread, that it doesn’t matter whether she double-clutched the free-throw on purpose or not. That would be true in high school, but not in college. The ncaa womens basketball rulebook clearly states on page 80, in Rule 9, Section 1, Article 1b that it’s a violation if “the free-thrower PURPOSELY fakes a try” (capitalized by me). [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.wpwboa.org/app/download/16709631/2021-2023+Rule+Book.pdf[/URL] Watching it live and on replay, I can’t see any indication that she purposely faked it, or think of any reason for her doing so. 1. If she is called for faking it, she loses her attempt. 2. If she is not called for faking it, 3 things could have happen: A. If it results in a UConn violation, all she gets is to try it over if she misses. B. If it results in a teammate violation, she loses her attempt. C. If it results in a simultaneous violation, it’s awarded to the team with the arrow, which happened to be UConn. It’s all a lose-lose situation for her to fake that free throw. It’s much more likely that after missing the first one, she had a bad case of nerves and double-clutched. However, I think the result of the call was fortunate for the referee who called it. It appears to me that a simultaneous violation occurred and UConn, with the arrow, would have been awarded the ball anyway. That would be 2c in my paragraph above. Thoughts, any one? [/QUOTE]

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