Crazy the difference in reffing between the NCAAT games so far and what we deal with in the SEC with every ticky tack thing getting called. Games in the SEC can absolutely be determined by the ref’s whistle
0 fouls in 7 minutes
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First foul just occurred at the 12:43 mark. Pretty sure I’ve seen some teams in the bonus by this point
Not sure I agree. I saw a lot of SEC games where teams beat the crap out of each other, or one team out of the other, with a lot of fouls not being called.
Of course, it lets teams get in rythym too. I hope we get a whistle like this and fire away.
Such a more pleasant game to watch when neither team is trying to play rugby and refs aren’t whistle happy. It’s the way the game was supposed to flow… “soccer/hockey on hardwood” aka the beautiful game….not football on hardwood with stoppages every 10 sec and huddle time around a monitor
Passing, movement, constant motion, flow
Passing, movement, constant motion, flow
Assuming you are talking about Alabama v. BYU since you didn't say, neither team is playing any defense whatsoever.
Yes, I’m talking about the one game that’s on
They’re playing defense…just not what we are all accustomed to today in the hack, grab, hand check, body check era.
They are playing defense as the rules are written which allows freedom of movement and you’re supposed to move your feet, stay in front, hands ups or out, and challenge the shot with minimal contact. You can slide feet to get in front and use your chest to hold your ground or redirect…but you were never meant to hold, grab and hand check.
The issue is, they’ve allowed so much flexibility in the offensive rules with carrying the ball being “handles” and 3 steps before it’s a travel, moving screens and hip check screens galore… that the physicality on defense became necessary to keep up
Neither UK or Bama played any defense during their game at Rupp...yet UK had 10 fouls called on them in the second half, leading to Bama being in the double bonus by the 11 min mark.
Tourney games are called completely different.
An example of this….if you go look at some “old days” scores, they were commonly high scoring 80+ even before the 3pt line.
Woodens UCLA teams averaged 95 ppg throughout his tenure.
Rupp’s UK teams averaged above 80 with the 63-64 team averaging 101.5 over a 6 game stretch. (Averaged in the 90s on the season.
This was pre shot clock and pre 3pt shot. Basically, if you didn’t play a team intentionally milking the clock then the score was in the 80-100s due to freedom of movement. The counter of high scoring teams was to hold the ball…4 corners dean smith nonsense
I dunno why i just had a flashback to that game :
Kentucky at Cincinnati
- Tuesday, December 20 1983 -
24 - 11 we won
I was there at riverfront with dad to see that game.
never wanted to see us play Cinci after that game either ... lol
justa weird flashback memory popping into my skiull ... God awful game
Kentucky at Cincinnati
- Tuesday, December 20 1983 -
24 - 11 we won
I was there at riverfront with dad to see that game.
never wanted to see us play Cinci after that game either ... lol
justa weird flashback memory popping into my skiull ... God awful game
It’s not that. Tournament officials are meeting and telling coaches don’t do this, that. Don’t use hands we will call it.
Tennessee has played hands off defense so far. Because so far they have been warned.
We have rugby ball because that’s what Sankey wants. Makes it easier to fix games and have parity. That parity gets 14 teams in.
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They are not because their employers say don’t.
Do you do what your bosses tells you not to do?
Officials meet with league officials before each game to discuss HOW the game is to be called. Sankey wants bully ball to hide his agenda for parity.
