Florida Gator Board reaction..

[Chelo]

Saying Bazz was not touched by Prather on the 4 point play and that the refs blew it big time by not calling a double dribble on Bazz at the end of the game. They are so heartbroken!

 

[BKLYN]

Saying Bazz was not touched by Prather on the 4 point play and that the refs blew it big time by not calling a double dribble on Bazz at the end of the game. They are so heartbroken!

The Florida defender knocked it out of Bazz's hands. I don't see that as a double dribble.

 

[coachRD]

The Florida defender knocked it out of Bazz's hands. I don't see that as a double dribble.

Agreed. I don't blame them though-I'm sure I'd be saying the same type of stuff in the heat of the moment after a tough loss like that.

 

[Sportsman5]

the defender also touched it right before bazz picked it up. he waited until the florida player reached out to tap it before grabbing it himself. Was it a foul on the 3? maybe. half the fouls on nolan and olander could have gone either way. i'm sure they aren't mentioning those. 18 fouls called on uconn and 14 on florida. tough for florida to complain about foul calls

 

[mauconnfan]

Certainly no double dribble and not only was it a foul but it's close to a dirty play on Bazz. I know there was no intent or at least I doubt it but it's definitely a dangerous play when you box a guy out before he lands and that's what he did. And the result is why it's dangerous....it's a foul - they can cry all they want it's a no-brainer!

 

[specialisthusky]

Free throw differential was also pretty large in favor of the gators. I can't blame them one bit though tough way to lose..great way to win for the huskies though

 

[mauconnfan]

the defender also touched it right before bazz picked it up. he waited until the florida player reached out to tap it before grabbing it himself. Was it a foul on the 3? maybe. half the fouls on nolan and olander could have gone either way. i'm sure they aren't mentioning those. 18 fouls called on uconn and 14 on florida. tough for florida to complain about foul calls

Especially since they treated Patric Young like Jabbar down the stretch....................Nolan nor Tyler fouled him on their 5th fouls..........

 

[minidarren]

Lots of tic tac fouls called on UCONN tonight. Glad the boys pulled out the win.

 

[Gurleyman]

Bazz kicked his leg out. Shouldn't have been a foul, I thought. But I didn't think Tyler's should have been either, so call it a wash.

I'm pretty sure the pass was deflected because it went five feet.

 

[boog204]

didn't think it was a foul on the 3 and thought Tyler's fifth was legit b/c he brought his arms in a downward motion instead of having them straight up. but i could care less. a win is a win...

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Between Nolan and Olander there were about 6 of the 10 fouls called that were absolute junk.
I think the Free Thrown tonight were about a zillion to 9.
Florida will be fine.....after they get over this crushing loss.

 

[joober jones]

Fouls number 2 and 5 and Nolan were complete BS calls. He didn't move or make contact with anyone.

 

[Santini35]

There seemed to be no contact at all when I think Bazz got the call against Young after Young stole the ball, he slipped, which many seemed to at that end of the floor all night

 

[coachRD]

Lots of tic tac fouls called on UCONN tonight. Glad the boys pulled out the win.

I don't understand the continual emphasis on decreasing the physicality of the game....I say I don't understand it, because they continue to whittle away at what a defender can do, but they continue to allow offensive players to "back down" a defender/bowl them over and initiate contact over and over without calling an offensive foul. I agree with cleaning up the "bumps" of cutters and the moving screens that have been allowed in the past, because those can get someone hurt. The other emphasis on "cleaning up" the game simply makes it harder and harder to play good, tough defense. Maybe my football coach side (I also coach hoop) is skewing my perspective, but I think a little physicality makes the game better, not worse.

 

[BoatShow]

You can't cut under a shooter, that's a foul everytime. Are they talking about Patric Young storming through people and drawing fouls tonight?

 

[Tommyboy]

Certainly no double dribble and not only was it a foul but it's close to a dirty play on Bazz. I know there was no intent or at least I doubt it but it's definitely a dangerous play when you box a guy out before he lands and that's what he did. And the result is why it's dangerous....it's a foul - they can cry all they want it's a no-brainer!

Definitely shows the gator knock the ball out of bazz's hands:

https://twitter.com/noescalators/status/407704047295008768

 

[Gurleyman]

didn't think it was a foul on the 3 and thought Tyler's fifth was legit b/c he brought his arms in a downward motion instead of having them straight up. but i could care less. a win is a win...

You're right - just saw the replay and Tyler had his arms out flat instead of up. They could have let it go since it wasn't on his shooting side, but Tyler gave them a reason to call it.

 

[temery]

Saying Bazz was not touched by Prather on the 4 point play and that the refs blew it big time by not calling a double dribble on Bazz at the end of the game. They are so heartbroken!

So? Why bring stuff from an opponent's board, especially after such a great game?

 

[upstater]

Bazz kicked his leg out. Shouldn't have been a foul, I thought. But I didn't think Tyler's should have been either, so call it a wash.

I'm pretty sure the pass was deflected because it went five feet.

Bazz shoots by kicking his leg out.

Not only that, Boatright was plowed on his 3 right before that. Florida was running into 3 point shooters. It wasn't called prior to that.

 

[Huskies4ever]

I don't understand the continual emphasis on decreasing the physicality of the game....I say I don't understand it, because they continue to whittle away at what a defender can do, but they continue to allow offensive players to "back down" a defender/bowl them over and initiate contact over and over without calling an offensive foul. I agree with cleaning up the "bumps" of cutters and the moving screens that have been allowed in the past, because those can get someone hurt. The other emphasis on "cleaning up" the game simply makes it harder and harder to play good, tough defense. Maybe my football coach side (I also coach hoop) is skewing my perspective, but I think a little physicality makes the game better, not worse.

It's ironic that the rule changes were supposed to increase scoring and offensive flow. It hasn't looked that way so far.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Everytime we touched young they called a foul. Three or four times Nolan and olander stood flat footed arms raised and didn't move and they called the foul. They don't want to get into an argument about foul calls. They shot about 15 more free throws than us too

 

[coachRD]

Everytime we touched young they called a foul. Three or four times Nolan and olander stood flat footed arms raised and didn't move and they called the foul. They don't want to get into an argument about foul calls. They shot about 15 more free throws than us too

I agree that down low they were getting calls that involved the barest level of contact. As for the FT disparity, certainly part of that could be attributed to the fact that we shot 1,000 3's tonight.

 

[boog204]

Everytime we touched young they called a foul. Three or four times Nolan and olander stood flat footed arms raised and didn't move and they called the foul. They don't want to get into an argument about foul calls. They shot about 15 more free throws than us too

can't comment on each one, but if they move their arms down, i.e., they start straight up and then are lowered down together into the shooter then it's a foul. this is what TO did on the last one and I can assume that that was done at least once or twice prior.

 

[minidarren]

 

[UConn990411]

Eh. They can duckk off.

UConn's been on the wrong end of a bunch of bad calls, so I'm having trouble feeling bad.