Posted on 04/08/2019 10:10:33 PM PDT by Conserv
In almost any close game, there are going to be a couple of controversial calls. What made these calls important is that Virginia cashed in the opportunities. It has been a long time since I have seen such a methodical team in pressure situations. That was a cool level-headed bunch.
The slapped ball call was correct.
Virginia shot all those free throws in OT because they were in the bonus and TT was fouling trying to get the ball back.
The double-dribble call was missed but it wasn't that obvious. On the post-game, it was stated that the none of the game announcers or the studio analysts spotted the double-dribble in real time.
No, at the end of the semi-final, the 3 pt shot foul was legitimate. And on the double-dribble, the Auburn guy grabbed the UVA guy’s jersey. Also not called.
“100% of the time that type of poke-away goes back to the offensive team. Easy call - no one complains.”
In this case, though, the replay overturned the call on the court (which requires a higher standard of evidence) and the possession went to the defensive team (Virginia). It was a huge call, and contributed in a big way to Virginia’s eventual victory.
It is a call of convenience and made because there is generally no other evidence. However, the rules of basketball determine who gets possession based on who touched it last in bounds. If a dribbler gets the ball poked away and it hits his hand (or his jersey or his leg) on the way out of bounds and the official sees it, the ball would go to the defense. It is just that the official is probably not going to see it go off his dribbling hand because it happens too fast but replay with slow motion can capture that. It was too bad for Texas Tech that this play happened in that window of time that allowed for replay review. Bottom line is the officials got the call right.
but not analyse whether either of the two defenders grazed the ball-handler and committed a foul.
As it should be. You don't want ticky-tack fouls called via replay. Lots of fouls are committed that are not called because although technically fouls, they have no real impact on the game. You have to let them play and let the officials sort out what they are going to call and what they are going to let slide. The players will adjust as long as the foul-calling is consistent.
(My daughter and son in-law were there.)
ML/NJ
if I had “reviewed” the play, I would have ruled “too big of an advantage given to the defensive team for a poke/swipe at the basketball where a foul also could have been called on either of the two defensive players - ball goes back to T-Tech. Play on!
Virginia is the “most barely winning” team I can remember ever winning. So many close calls and last-second scores.
I watched the 1st 5 minutes of the game (maybe 4, I watched until the first “mandatory commercial break”. At that point in the game, there had been ONE basket, and 3 free throws.
I couldn’t imagine watching an entire game where they only scored a dozen times. And this with a shot clock.
Eh.
I said in my post that he was fouled and nobody even noticed the double dribble until after the game when the announcers were discussing the play. If the Tech player did grab the jersey of the UVA player and it had been called, it would have stopped play and Virginia would have had to put the ball back in play on the side which would have taken time off the clock and the final shot may have never been taken. Don’t get me wrong, I am an ACC fan and I really like the UVA coach, but UVA did get a few lucky breaks throughout their run to the championship!
On Guy maybe. However, those types of touch fouls are seldom called in scramble situations. When did Hunter commit a foul? He didn't touch Moretti until after the ball was slapped loose and even then it was Moretti who reached out and made contact with Hunter. The poke-away was clean as it could be.
If you had responded to your fellow officials in that manner, you would have been reminded that replay cannot used to call fouls. If it wasn't called on the court, they weren't fouls - you can't make electronic make-up calls. Your only job is to determine who touched the ball last. The videos indicate that Moretti's hand was on the ball after Hunter's. By rule, you have to give it Virginia.
If an official had noticed that the flight of the ball deflects slightly as Moretti's hand comes down and had ruled UVa ball immediately, most people would have said that he missed that one. That is until they saw the replay and then they would have said that official had some sharp eyes.
you made my point - I wouldn’t have called a foul - but I also wouldn’t have squinted hard enough to see the pinky finger brushing the ball...wink, wink
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