Did you see Walz make the "palming sign" ?

[Adesmar123]

Mojeff was dribbling in front of him and the referee was near him...they formed a triangle...and Walz kept "turning over" his hand for 5 seconds

 

[Biff]

Mojeff was dribbling in front of him and the referee was near him...they formed a triangle...and Walz kept "turning over" his hand for 5 seconds

He did it several times and I think that was part of the accumulated whining that probably set up his technical.

 

[pap49cba]

Jeff is a good coach but he is a whiner and cry baby.

 

[Icebear]

Doing that isn't so much whining it is trying to get the edge. He is absolutely correct about MoJet constantly turning the ball over.

 

[pap49cba]

Doing that isn't so much whining it is trying to get the edge. He is absolutely correct about MoJet constantly turning the ball over.

I'm not talking about the palming act.... He was whining at the refs from the opening tip.

 

[Icebear]

I'm not talking about the palming act.... He was whining at the refs from the opening tip.

Ah. Since I did not see the game I can't disagree at all. MoJett, however, can almost be called for double dribble sometimes because she takes so long to turn the ball over.

 

[earl the pearl]

Ah. Since I did not see the game I can't disagree at all. MoJett, however, can almost be called for double dribble sometimes because she takes so long to turn the ball over.

Are you a UConn fan?

 

[sawxfan23]

Ah. Since I did not see the game I can't disagree at all. MoJett, however, can almost be called for double dribble sometimes because she takes so long to turn the ball over.

I agree and Bria maybe worse.

 

[Icebear]

Are you a UConn fan?

Yes, but I despise the neglect of the proper enforcement of the palming/carrying rules.

 

[Adesmar123]

Are you a UConn fan?

Is the Pope Catholic?

 

[Woof 101]

I'm not talking about the palming act.... He was whining at the refs from the opening tip.

No tongue lashing here but if I had to bring a team into this house, sold out, number one, banners everywhere, Hall of Fame coach, 30 game winning streak etc. I am going to do all I can to get my girls a call or two because it ain't gonna happen on it's own. He did all he could, got T'd up and backed off.

I would remind those who do not watch Geno to do so on March 3rd when we walk into their sell out. Should a couple of ours get in early foul trouble the coat will be off and he will be pointing out anything and everything. Just doing their job .....

 

[DobbsRover2]

Yeah, and though Jeff knows that Shoni is also a constant palmer, he is doing his job to try and stick something into the refs heads that might buy him a call. As noted many times before, that is the way players are taught to protect the ball while dribbling. Anyone who wants to whine into the winds is free to do so, but the refs would be calling a double-dribble on almost every possession for both teams every game if they enforced that rule, and then boy would we have a whine-fest here. The only possessions that a time would not be called for a double-dribble would be when they just pass and don't dribble.

And Pope graduated last year, and there's no reason to bring religion into these sports discussions unless you're talking about certain actions that are necessary in the last minute of a UConn nailbiter, but this year no human sacrifices have been necessary.

 

[Icebear]

Nah, Dobbs, after the first 3 times players got called they would stop. They do it because they can get away with it.

 

[VAMike23]

I don't understand those who are saying that if the rule were enforced, the refs would be calling double dribble. Are we talking about how Mo and Bria palm the ball while dribbling? Or something else? If it's the former, then the proper call would be (if enforced...) a carry. I suppose if she held the ball 'long enough' and also moved her feet, then it's a travel, but we already knew that.

I don't see how double-dribble enters in here.

 

[calpedaler]

I don't understand those who are saying that if the rule were enforced, the refs would be calling double dribble. Are we talking about how Mo and Bria palm the ball while dribbling? Or something else? If it's the former, then the proper call would be (if enforced...) a carry. I suppose if she held the ball 'long enough' and also moved her feet, then it's a travel, but we already knew that.

I don't see how double-dribble enters in here.

If the ball is held, the dribble stops. Starting the dribble again would be a double dribble.

 

[VAMike23]

If the ball is held, the dribble stops. Starting the dribble again would be a double dribble.

'Held' for double dribble must involve the other hand or the body, IIRC. As when the dribble is 'picked up' in the normal fashion.

The carry is a separate violation. If you cease dribbling by standing there and holding your hand underneath the ball, then put your hand back on top to begin another dribble, that is -- to my knowlege -- a carry, defined as its own violation.

If you hold the ball against your hip and then start the dribble again, that is also a double dribble. But again, another part of the body is involved.

Also, the ball doesn't have to held in order for the player to be called for double dribble. It's enough to (accidentally) put both hands on the ball while dribbling and then continue one with the normal one-handed dribble. That's a double dribble.

 

[boontonbomber]

walz has always been one of the great whiners, usually from the opening tip. when you do it as consistently as he does, getting the edge ain't gonna happen.

 

[Brochacho]

I hope UConn re-ups with Louisville, Walz is without a doubt the coolest opposing coach to come into Gampel.

 

[calpedaler]

'Held' for double dribble must involve the other hand or the body, IIRC. As when the dribble is 'picked up' in the normal fashion.

The carry is a separate violation. If you cease dribbling by standing there and holding your hand underneath the ball, then put your hand back on top to begin another dribble, that is -- to my knowlege -- a carry, defined as its own violation.

If you hold the ball against your hip and then start the dribble again, that is also a double dribble. But again, another part of the body is involved.

Also, the ball doesn't have to held in order for the player to be called for double dribble. It's enough to (accidentally) put both hands on the ball while dribbling and then continue one with the normal one-handed dribble. That's a double dribble.

"The dribble is completed when the player touches the ball simultaneously with both hands or the ball comes to rest in one or both hands."

 

[pap49cba]

I hope UConn re-ups with Louisville, Walz is without a doubt the coolest opposing coach to come into Gampel.

How so?

 

[VAMike23]

"The dribble is completed when the player touches the ball simultaneously with both hands or the ball comes to rest in one or both hands."

Thanks for providing the text -

Seems to me that its one of those cases where you could call either violation. B/c in order to commit the double dribble with one hand only, you'd also have to carry it.

 

[Brochacho]

How so?

It's more of a you had to be there kind of thing, but he was hanging out and joking around with us in the student section for a solid ten or 15 minutes. Came back a couple of times after that too. Was a lot of fun.

 

[pap49cba]

It's more of a you had to be there kind of thing, but he was hanging out and joking around with us in the student section for a solid ten or 15 minutes. Came back a couple of times after that too. Was a lot of fun.

Okay. Thanks for sharing that!

 

[Brochacho]

Okay. Thanks for sharing that!

Yeah, I got Jeff to sign my shirt and got Geno to sign it after the game as well. I pointed his signature out to Geno and he said something along the lines of, "Jeff went to Western Kentucky or something I'm surprised he is able to spell."

Geno and Jeff are awesome.

 

[mauconnfan]

He knows he need calls to have a chance…..he did what any coach with hope would do, work those stripes. And they gave him a couple of calls which were pitiful anyway!