Officials definitely can decide games, and do.
Your Duke hate is obvious. Fall had a foot inside the restricted area
I would venture to guess that the "favorability" probably has more to do with familiarity with how players play than anything else. I'm sure it looks that way sometimes, but in the tournament, referees care about advancing to the next round. You don't advance if you don't get as many plays right as possible.
Fall vs Zion was an obvious charge? What are you talking about? If there was a foul it was on Fall.
So what do you do when you get down to the second, third, fourth rounds etc when MANY of the officials who are working are primary in one league and secondary in another? Kipp Kissinger is in the Big 12, ACC and possibly in the SEC. He's one of the best. Same goes for Terry Oglesby. Gerry Pollard works Big 12, MWC, PAC12.
There is a lot more involved in legally blocked shots than defenders jumping vertically. This is the type of thing where the common fan doesn't know the actual rules and criteria that are used to evaluate plays. They think plays are inconsistent when, many times, they just don't realize that there can be incidental body contact or even some arm contact allowed if the ball is blocked before the other contact occurs.
Would you accept a 90+% correct call rate? Because over the last 5-6 years the officiating in the tournament has actually increased YOY and was above 90% last year.
Lol there was no shove off. The tape doesn't like. Cry to people who are to dumb to look at the tape. Because the tape doesn't support anything you're saying.
Very true, and Agree about Oglesby. Unfortunately, he made an important mistake yesterday and will likely not be advancing any further in the tournament. Regardless of his advancement this year, he's one of the best.
little vs big. little knows he has to draw an offensive foul because that's his only chance. If you break the video down, you will see the defender slightly moving forward with his chest creating the contact while trying to get his hips into Zion's path. It's a classic maneuver by a defender trying to draw an offensive foul. Then on contact he flexes hips forward and chest back making it look like Zion ran him off his spot. He didn't. Excellent discipline by the official to not bite on the defender's sell-job. Very hard play to get right.
And one of the nicest and best to work with. I didn't see his game yesterday, what did he do/not do?
Iowa vs Tennessee. Tough foul call and situation on a 3 pt shot toward the end of the game. Iowa shooter did not get fouled, and he came in without posting a foul. It appeared as an inadvertent whistle on the court, then was ruled a foul.
I was texting with a friend of mine, huge Hawkeye fan, and we thought that was the ball game. The look on the officials' faces after they reviewed it to see whether it was outside the arc was like they wanted to find a hole to crawl into. Five-point swing; instead of Tennessee by 5, it was tied.
true, but I believe there was an obvious BS foul called against Iowa that gave them 2 fts about 20 seconds earlier in the game. IIRC
You could be right. But there is no quid pro quo with trading incorrect calls.
Very tough mistake. Agree, great come back by the Hawks, and tough calls will happen. The best approach to though or incorrect calls is to make the most of them when they benefit you and work past them as quickly as possible when they benefit the other team. Because they're coming whether you like it or not. Iowa hit all three free throws, and Tennessee didn't let it stop them from out playing Iowa the rest of the way.
There was a very close call that went against the Hawks. In fact, when the phantom foul was called to put JBo to the line, my buddy texted "obvious makeup call."
I think the replays tend to support the officials more often than not. They certainly show how an error can be made, most of the time. But sometimes there's just no excuse. It's too bad there's nothing that can be done.
