Originally Posted by
CDu
Correct. As I mentioned earlier in the thread though, the officials would have needed to be looking at where the FSU defender was, and to have found the one angle that showed him out of bounds. Clearly they were not, and instead focused on the hands and ball.
It was a blown call, probably because they just simply didn’t consider that a player out of bounds would be making a play on the ball. I mean, that isn’t a ringing endorsement of their performance. Obviously they made a significant good there. But it is perhaps at least understandable.
I also don’t think they handled the Hurt situation right. Forrest most certainly wasn’t in Hurt’s “cylinder.” Maybe one could say that Williams (the guy behind hurt who eventually jabbed Forrest in the face) foiled. But Hurt kind of fell into Forrest’s path, not the other way around. To be clear, I don’t think Hurt committed a foul. But if one was committed, it was by Williams, and not a “cylinder” foul.
I respectfully disagree. I am a huge Duke fan/alumnus but to me it appears that earlier in the play, prior to Matthew's corraling the ball, he uses both hands to grab Patrick Williams' left arm)at the shoulder and elbow) and direct him away from the ball. One could argue that Williams' box-out technique was a bit aggressive. I personally feel that Matthew committed a foul to allow him to get in position to rebound the ball, but I give him credit for really wanting that key rebound. Just my opinion, and not likely to be shared by others on DBR. LGD.
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