called some of those UNC travels not called in the first game.
Well officiated game. No showboating.
Does anyone even remember one bad call?
Well officiated game. No showboating.
Does anyone even remember one bad call?
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And they let both teams play for the most part. The early part of the 2nd half was a little more tightly officiated, but for the most part the refs allowed Pitt to be aggressive on the ball.
T Brown's block called a foul was soft but that's about it.
I didn't really like the four quick ones on Pitt in the second half. Put Pitt on their heels a little bit defensively.
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Was ticky tack - but not actually bad calls
but with a 20 point margin - hard to nitpick
No - I post some on calls and some on play. If something in either category seems significant to me, I remark on it.
Showboating refs do drive me crazy.
Jay BilasVerified account @JayBilasJay Bilas Retweeted Rob Dauster
The only way to stop flopping and the epidemic of officials calling charges is to change the signal for a charge. Instead of the aggressive “air punch,” officials should be mandated to get in “downward facing dog” to signal a charge. That’ll stop it.
Jay Bilas Retweeted Rob Dauster
The only way to stop flopping and the epidemic of officials calling charges is to change the signal for a charge. Instead of the aggressive “air punch,” officials should be mandated to get in “downward facing dog” to signal a charge. That’ll stop it.
IMHO, it would also help if we reverted to the old time (1960s? era) charging rule interpretation. Back then, if the offensive player released his shot (ball off his hand) prior to contact being made with the defender and it goes in the bucket you didn't take the score away with the charging call although it was still an offensive foul. IMO, this would discourage flops close to the basket as it is a lot less worth it because even if the call goes your way you still might give up a basket.
If that's the way you want to go the far better solution is to not allow off ball defenders to draw charges. No more guys stepping in at the last second on a guy driving to the basket to try to draw a charge. If you are off the ball then you have to try to block the shot. If you don't then if there is a foul it's always on the defender. You'd eliminate a very large percentage of the current "flop attempts" by that one simple change.
You'd also greatly simplify one of the toughest calls refs have to make. Your change would actually make the calls that much more difficult, because refs would have to try to figure out if the ball was one inch off the guys hand or if his index finger was still touching the ball when the contact came.
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