I just put a stopwatch to when the ball was secured by Reibe to when Malachi was fouled. 21.5 seconds. The foul and made shot were not in time at least according to actual time and not factoring in clock reset errors.
I agree with that, but the whole reset to 30 seconds followed by a countdown from 20 appears to be standard when preparing for a defensive rebound while the ball hasn’t been secured yet. The clock operator reset to 20 on the shot clock a second or two after Reibe already secured it. So the actual time elapsed was 21.5, like you said, but per the sloppy clock operation it was under 20 (is what I’ve gathered, anyway). The whole thing was a mess.
Not the same guy? Anyway, I was throwing superjohn a bone.
Love the depth and creative analysis the BY will go to on any single incident. This is becoming an all time epic BY commentary subject. Imagine if the call had gone the other way.
That was my primary motivation trying to get to the bottom of it. If UConn were down by 7 with some momentum with over two minutes left, I’d have faith they could win a game like that. I would’ve been irate if that happened in reversed roles and the explanation was so poor.
I was grumpy yesterday. Don’t mind me. Was going to DM you. Decided to do it in the open instead. I was being a d o u c h e. Salute to you . Go Huskies
That is really healthy accountability right there. Too much trypotphan?
No worries bro I promise I understand your passion. Go Huskies
I set my oven on fire yesterday. Baked ham. Hole in the pan. Kaboom.
I was hoping they'd give us the ball out of bounds with 2 seconds. Pleasantly surprised they counted it, and would be upset if I was an Illinois fan for sure. There is some human reaction time setting the shot clock, especially now that it's either 20 or 30 depending on who gets it, but if the refs were to go to a stopwatch, they'd probably have to eliminate that element.
The way you phrase it sounds like a 70s weekly drama.
My comment was more particularly about him being engaged or as you would say focus. I did mention his injuries that seem to set him back. Now he is able to run but not at full strength and we hardly threw the ball down low to him in the 1st half. He tends to get down on himself when this happens even when he is healthy. I don't think at this point Hurley would mention his lack of focus when he/Tarris has other obstacles to get over. Once his conditioning gets better he will get the ball much more and you should see a much more engaged Tarris Reed. It would not be a good motivating comment if Hurley had mentioned the "focus".
I think the refs made a bunch of questionable calls in Illinois favor leading up to that point to try to stop the game from getting out of hand and to be more exciting for TV, and they felt guilty taking away that basket after all of that so they didn’t.
I think Underwood was screaming about it and ultimately helped bring it to their attention. Although he could’ve been protesting a no call that could’ve been Reibe over-the-back (I was braced for a whistle on the rebound and obviously so glad it didn’t come).
The name rang a bell and now I remember:
I specifically said Times Square which is a major tourist destination in and of itself, ball drop etc. I didn’t say Broadway/the theater district. I’ll be going to see a show 3 weeks from tomorrow FYI.