Looks like I had this one wrong. Per the NCAA rule book (9.2.g):
Players not in a legal marked lane space shall remain behind the freethrow
line extended and behind the three-point field-goal line until
the ball strikes the ring, flange or backboard, or until the free throw
ends.
Just be you. You is enough. - K, 4/5/10, 0:13.8 to play, 60-59 Duke.
You're all jealous hypocrites. - Titus on Laettner
You see those guys? Animals. They're animals. - SIU Coach Chris Lowery, on Duke
Syracuse gets all the calls!!!!
Syracuse just got LUCKY! What an epic upset thwarted by the zebras. These guys need to be held more accountable for some of the 'calls' they make or don't make. I understand it's an incredibly demanding job with people pulling you every which way, but sometimes it's just too much.
Fun fact to clear things up:
For players outside the arc, its on the rim, not the shot (as many seem to think)....g. Players not in a legal marked lane space shall remain behind the freethrow line extended and behind the three-point field-goal line until the ball
strikes the ring, flange or backboard, or until the free throw ends.
EDIT: seems i've been beaten to this pretty soundly...
1200. DDMF.
The in game announcers couldn't explain it (big surprise I know) but as others have pointed out up thread the referee actually got the free throw lane violation correct. The goal tend and out of bounds call however were pretty obvious live and ridiculously obvious on replay. Two pretty tough breaks but I don't think anywhere close to the hose job NC State received last weekend.
Florida State is trailing St. Bonaventure's by four with under four in the 1H. The Bonnies are surprisingly (to me) big and physical.
sage
Florida State just wore down the Bonnies in the 2nd half. Timely shooting by FSU held off the Bonnies late 3 point barrage.
I really enjoy watching FSU play. As Jim Spanarkel said "FSU's defensive game travels well."
Whew! Didn't want the ACC (aside from Carolina) falling in a major upset. Glad FSU held up their end of the deal. Duke's turn next.
I'm not defending the refs for the goaltending call early in the 2nd half, but they were right on the lane violation call and the out of bounds/foul call, if called correctly, would only have served to put a different foul shooter on the line and save Asheville a few seconds. Yes, the ball went off Syracuse, but only got to that point because the foul call was missed. Maybe it would have made a difference in the outcome, but had the refs given the ball to Asheville without calling the foul and Syracuse ended up losing, the mistake would have been even more inexcusable. If the correct calls had been made in the two situations, the net result would have been 1-2 more points for Asheville early in the 2nd half and 3-4 more seconds on the clock late in it, probably not enough for Asheville to say they got hosed by the refs.
Somewhat related, I'm not sure which would be worse for each school's fan base, Syracuse hypothetically losing on a an egregious non-call would be close to as bad for their fans as us hypothetically losing to Butler after the egregious non-call on the screen to set up the Butler prayer. Duke would only have three titles, but Syracuse would be the first 1 seed to ever lose to a 16.
The fact that he missed the foul call doesn't make the OOB call any less wrong...he kicked the call twice...by missing the foul...and then by calling it out of bounds off the wrong team. I've read most of the rulebook, and so far I have not come across a rule that says
The game doesn't work that way. If you want to say that sometimes judgement calls can go the other way when there has been what the ref considers a crummy call, sure. But you can't modify the rules of the game. You can't say "yeah the ball went off syracuse but he was fouled, so we'll ignore the foul and just call it out of bounds to syracuse"...That leeway doesn't exist. Perhaps you think the refs should also be able to arbitrarily award two points to the victim of a bad call to, you know "even things out"If an official has missed a foul by team a against team b, the correct course of action is to make a bad call in team b's favor in order that there is no net gain
Missing the foul and calling it out on the wrong team were both incorrect calls, and there's no two ways about it. You most CERTAINLY cannot say they were "right on"
1200. DDMF.