Please tell me again how college basketball doesn’t have an officiating problem

[REB1094]

Grab 3 of your friends. Tell 1 to stand in front of you, tell another to start rushing at you from 3 feet away, and jump over them both to sling a basketball 40 feet away to the third guy before they can steal it from you

Let us know if you can do that without your legs swinging out

 

[Excalibur]

Then the coach getting T-ed up afterwards is a nice little insult to injury.

Twice. And tossed. Along with another player.

I don’t think there’s anything that they could have done that I would’ve said is an overreaction.

 

[Icehawk]

Sure seems like a play on accident, sheesh. If it was us, would have been called a foul on the dude getting nut kicked (and you know it would be Karaban!)

 

[willstafa24]

Go do the motion in your living room and tell me if you kick even close to that. I get people want to all jump on the refs here and I think flagrant 2 is a stretch, but the idea that this was a natural basketball move is just silly.

It's not natural or unnatural. It's just a thing our mind does unconsciously in order to make a split second, athletic play. He wasn't jumping out of bounds and swung his leg out. He was making an intelligent bball play while two guys were harassing him, which led to an open 3.

 

[Padutch5]

It would be an impressive feat out of the double team to find and hit the open man across the court and simultaneously intentionally scissor-kick his opponent in the balls at the same time.

You obviously dont watch much basketball. Many players have perfected the leg kick while taking a three point shot. It often gets a call against the defender.

 

[willstafa24]

Grab 3 of your friends. Tell 1 to stand in front of you, tell another to start rushing at you from 3 feet away, and jump over them both to sling a basketball 40 feet away to the third guy before they can steal it from you

Let us know if you can do that without your legs swinging out

True. And maybe in 10 instances you swing your leg 4 times and 4 times you don't and 2 times you don't try to jump at all. It's just an athletic bball play. That's all.

If he kicked him in the leg no one would care.

 

[Kolumbo]

This deserves a Steve Inman presentation

 

[gwhuskyfan]

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Go do the motion in your living room and tell me if you kick even close to that. I get people want to all jump on the refs here and I think flagrant 2 is a stretch, but the idea that this was a natural basketball move is just silly.

There’s a part of me that still thinks you’re trolling. That’s how nuts this take is. He’s torquing his body in the air making a cross court pass. Everything about that play looks 100% natural.

 

[uconnfan68]

Grab 2 of your friends, and someone you don't like. Tell that 1 to stand in front of you, tell anothers to start rushing at you from 3 feet away, and jump over them both to sling a basketball 40 feet away to the third guy before they can steal it from you

Let us know if you can do that without your legs swinging out

ftfy

 

[WhereistheDove?]

There’s a part of me that still thinks you’re trolling. That’s how nuts this take is. He’s torquing his body in the air making a cross court pass. Everything about that play looks 100% natural.

I’m not but we clearly just disagree on this. It’s fine.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Go do the motion in your living room and tell me if you kick even close to that. I get people want to all jump on the refs here and I think flagrant 2 is a stretch, but the idea that this was a natural basketball move is just silly.

The pass or the getting kicked in the taint motion?

 

[JMick]

I forget what game it was but Hurley started walking away after talking to a ref and the dude followed him back into the huddle too. It was ridiculous

 

[superjohn]

There was a call today where Mahaney took a corner three that went OB and was CLEALY tipped by the defender because it completely altered the flight of the ball. Did they think Mahaney was such a bad shooter that he just shoots it to the baseline? You have to be a stoonad to miss a call that bad.

That was insane, they must really think Mahaney stinks. They think a shooter just misses a three by 20 feet.

 

[RuffRuff]

That was insane, they must really think Mahaney stinks. They think a shooter just misses a three by 20 feet.

Calls like that which make you REALLY question whether they are adequate vetting these guys for vision.

 

[prankster]

Calls like that which make you REALLY question whether they are adequate vetting these guys for vision.

IDK about the vision thing.

Every flagrant is reviewed to make the flagrant 1 v flagrant 2 (or, possibly, just plain foul, or "play on) determination. They reviewed this one, too.

Missing the proper call in real time? That could be attributable to vision. But replay review? That gets clear into the "willful blindness" category.

 

[Excalibur]

IDK about the vision thing.

Every flagrant is reviewed to make the flagrant 1 v flagrant 2 (or, possibly, just plain foul, or "play on) determination. They reviewed this one, too.

Missing the proper call in real time? That could be attributable to vision. But replay review? That gets clear into the "willful blindness" category.

No call was made at the time. They went from nothing to a flagrant 2.

When a call like that happens after a review, it’s silly to not question their motives . . .