Like all rules, there is area for interpretation.
The NCAA defines a flagrant 1 as "non-excessive contact with an opponent above the shoulders" according to the NCAA press release from May 2011.
The refs were horrible both ways, just horrible.
The only play I hold against them is the Giffey flagrant. They reviewed it on tape, it shouldn't have been a flagrant. It was incidental contact, IMO. It would have been one thing if it was his hand or elbow that hit the GTown player but it wasn't.
Sadly it was the difference in the game. Though the bigger issue was Napier getting injured. He must have been a plus 20 or so on the night.
Doesn't matter if its incidental, BE refs have been instructed to call flagrants on ANY contact above the shoulders
Doesn't matter if its incidental, BE refs have been instructed to call flagrants on ANY contact above the shoulders
So Big Ten refs are given different instructions? I thought it was a NCAA rulebook.
Theoretically, if you are correct the Gtown player should have been called as well for the chokehold prior.
I'm not buying what some people are trying to sell. The defender was all over Giffey and fouling him. If Giffey unintentionally hits due to getting mauled, that's not on Giffey.
First, Markel Starks is NOT related to John Starks. Secon, even if Smith-Rovera's foot was on the line Porter would have made a 3 instead of the layup. In any event he was fouled when he made the game winning layup.
The refs in most every game make ruling mistakes-not bad calls-ruling mistakesYes, that was Lubick, but the ref blew the whistle before Lubick ran into him. He saw Napier carry the ball.
The problem is, you CAN carry the ball when you have yet to put your pivot foot down. Bazz picked up his dribble there. And that's why they call it, "picking up your dribble."
But the ref seemed to think picking up your dribble is against the rules. The ref was unaware that taking too many steps is against the rules, but picking up your dribble is not against the rules.
So it's OK to grab someone around the neck, but you can't touch their head?It isn't right but the only part that is reviewable is the contact to the head of a player. Anything else that happens before that, apparently including wrapping your arm around another player's neck, is not reviewable.
It's like reviewing a catch in the NFL. They cannot go back and say, "It was incomplete BUT there was pass interference on the play."
I don't agree with it but it is the rule.
The refs in most every game make ruling mistakes-not bad calls-ruling mistakes
Anyone watching Marquette vs Rutgers. Refs went to the monitor, elbow to the head on post up. No foul called. Unintentional contact was the ruling.

Anyone watching Marquette vs Rutgers. Refs went to the monitor, elbow to the head on post up. No foul called. Unintentional contact was the ruling.
The NCAA needs to look at this. I've watched games where they go to the monitor and make the call; explaining that incidental or not; if there is contact they have to make the call. Other times, they look at it and determine intent. I have no problem with the rule; it protects players, but it has to be enforced consistently.