My rant about officiating

[nelsonmuntz]

I thought the officiating was fairly even for the most part, but I do believe that this crew was a bunch of lazy idiots.

I find that with a lot of older crews there is a tendency to blow the whistle on the defense as soon as there is contact, no matter who initiates. Olander's 5th foul was one of those cases. Young crashed into TO, then rammed him again, then took a step and rammed him AGAIN, and they called the foul on Olander. Any one of the first two collisions should have been called as an offensive foul.

On the other hand, the one offensive foul UConn did draw was a flop in my opinion. I hate flops.

Every official will say that a defender has the right to his spot and verticality above his spot, but the reality is that most officials are idiots and they just call fouls on the defense. Likewise, officials are not supposed to reward flopping. I don't understand why flopping is even a defense. Flopping is not in a single rule book at any level of basketball, yet about 80% of college officials reward flops with offensive foul calls. Flops are incredibly dangerous, both for the flopper, and those around him. Flops are the source of most concussions in basketball (a serious problem with the ladies), and a 6'+ 200+ athlete falling to the floor in the middle of a crowd can result in a domino effect on other players.

If it were up to me, I would ban flops and reward defenders for getting good defensive position and making basketball plays. In other words, if it were up to me, I would enforce the actual rule book.

I find that the older the officiating crew is, the more likely they are to call a game by the "unwritten" rules.

 

[willie99]

from where I was sitting, it looked as if Bazz simply broke some kids ankles when he was called for an offensive foul, his third

is that what happened? or was it a good call?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I have never seen a charge on a behind the back dribble by a top point guard. If you think about the move, the ball handler actually can not really be moving forward or he will lose the dribble. Hence, it should be close to impossible for a charge to occur on a behind the back dribble. But the defender flopped, so the morons calling the game gave Florida the call.

 

[joober jones]

Terrible officiating is stunting Nolan's growth.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I am not the only one who thinks that the NCAA should change how charges are called. I have seen several other posters on this board make the same observation, and medical professionals are starting to get involved too. Officials should reward good defense, not throwing oneself onto the ground backwards.

 

[mauconnfan]

I thought it was fine minus the awful calls on Nolan (3) and Tyler (2) in which they played straight up defense, move their feet and were not the initiators of the contact on the interior. But we do need to remember Florida threw the ball inside to score a lot more than us so they will get more foul calls than us. We didn't get the ball inside nor was there a lot dribble drive penetration in this one....Huskies 3 ball won the game for the most part!

 

[Kitaman]

from where I was sitting, it looked as if Bazz simply broke some kids ankles when he was called for an offensive foul, his third

is that what happened? or was it a good call?

Bazz extended his forearm (push). He gave them a reason to call a foul. Sometimes its called and sometimes its not. It certainly wasn't as blatant as many that are not called, but it could be justified.

 

[Uconnrick]

Bazz extended his forearm (push). He gave them a reason to call a foul. Sometimes its called and sometimes its not. It certainly wasn't as blatant as many that are not called, but it could be justified.

He absolutely did extend his forearm on that play but my beef is that they either call that all the time or don't. The extended off arm used to cut off a defender while on a drive that is so frequently used but rarely called is another pet peeve of mine.
It's sometimes infuriating that the officials call a game for 30 minutes one way, and then decide to change things up with a series of quick whistles for stuff that's been going on the whole game.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I am not the only one who thinks that the NCAA should change how charges are called. I have seen several other posters on this board make the same observation, and medical professionals are starting to get involved too. Officials should reward good defense, not throwing oneself onto the ground backwards.

You're right. Flopping is a direct result of the fact that officials don't call enough offensive fouls. They tend to call them on guards and wings who come flying in from outside, and not on bigs who just shove their way through players who have good position. When a big backs down a defender, what can the defender do? 1. move feet and surrender position 2. push back hard and hold ground is possible and 3. fall down.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

You're right. Flopping is a direct result of the fact that officials don't call enough offensive fouls. They tend to call them on guards and wings who come flying in from outside, and not on bigs who just shove their way through players who have good position. When a big backs down a defender, what can the defender do? 1. move feet and surrender position 2. push back hard and hold ground is possible and 3. fall down.

The crazy thing is that the rule book is pretty clear that the defender has a right to the spot if he gets there first. The officials have arbitrarily decided as a group that unless someone flops it is not an offensive foul, not matter what happens. The only other offensive foul call you occasionally get is the arm hook, but only about half the refs even call that.

 

[HooperScooper]

I said this before but I'll say it again, I'm worried about the officiating in the AAC. I don't think we're going to get the best officials doing AAC games because the conference is new. And let's face it, average college officials are not very good. This could end up impacting games.

 

[dsturdy5]

Two of the calls on Olander and at least one on Nolan were simply them not getting their hands off of the offensive player's back. I don't like it, but with the "new rules" about player movement, as soon as an offensive player gets the ball in the post, it's hands off. A good post player will feel that and get a shot up immediately for the potential and-one.