Block/Charge college versus NBA

[IL Wildcat]

If you spend any time at all watching NBA and NCAA basketball, one of the first differences you'll notice is in the way the block/charge call is officiated. I would love to see college officials take a page out of NBA officials' book. Charges are rare in the NBA and should be much more rare in college ball. NCAA officials always seem to give the benefit to the defense and the guy flopping and flailing wildly. The better the actor, the more likely they are to get the call. NBA officials always give the benefit to the offensive player.

Truth is, most charging calls should be blocks. Years ago, the NCAA had an emphasis on "freedom of movement" but it's all gone back to rewarding flopping and diving at this point.

If they would go to the NBA rule, it would put an end to all the flopping garbage, and that would be a great thing, in my opinion.

 

[hotelblue]

i’ve always thought the nba use to have it almost perfect. not saying they had the best refs or accounted for people like reggie miller. just in terms of what we know as the block/charge. not many guys were setting their feet and asking to be raped back then and if they were it was as the last guy back in transition. the only other time you’d see a guy take a charge (as we know it) is when an offensive player wasn’t looking where he was going and someone like larry bird would jump out real quick to get run over and get a cheap call. but again that’s about player control and someone not looking right in front of them as their dribbling down court. some teams would take them on the baseline if a driver had no where to go.

they had for many years a player control foul which accounted for all types of offensive fouls. it didn’t matter so much if someone’s feet where set or not. if offensive players are out of control or using their off hand or swinging elbows or running into someone’s chest who is trying to back up it’s a player control foul. if the offensive player keeps control then it would depend but mostly all bets were off. and it made sense too because how much control can you have if you’re trying to initiate contact so liberally. they would just let it go and the other team would just collect your wild shot. it seemed to work fine.

i don’t like the arc because it a) puts too much emphasis on having feet set and b) makes any contact inside it basically an automatic defensive foul. an offensive foul shouldn’t be off the table just because you’re close to the basket imo. if you’re out of control it should be a charge.

 

[mbc82584]

Personally I think you could fix the whole thing fast.

Make it so a secondary defender can’t draw a charge. There should be emphasis on playing actual defense, not just running in behind a primary defender for the sole purpose of falling down.

IJ’s dunk last night should’ve been a POSTER but instead it’s a charge because one guy slips in behind the primary when the momentum is already launched at the rim. That’s bullshit.

 

[H00SIER-Cat]

Saar was called for a moving screen which was baloney. His feet were definitely set.

Also, in the Auburn game, when two plainsmen/tigers/war buzzards ran into each other and UK got called for the foul. This team has zero room for error and we get that kind of calls, well...it drives me nuts

 

[yoshukai]

If you spend any time at all watching NBA and NCAA basketball, one of the first differences you'll notice is in the way the block/charge call is officiated. I would love to see college officials take a page out of NBA officials' book. Charges are rare in the NBA and should be much more rare in college ball. NCAA officials always seem to give the benefit to the defense and the guy flopping and flailing wildly. The better the actor, the more likely they are to get the call. NBA officials always give the benefit to the offensive player.

Truth is, most charging calls should be blocks. Years ago, the NCAA had an emphasis on "freedom of movement" but it's all gone back to rewarding flopping and diving at this point.

If they would go to the NBA rule, it would put an end to all the flopping garbage, and that would be a great thing, in my opinion.

I haven’t watched much AAU ball but the games I have watched were called more like the nba . That is one reason some kids , especially slashers have a tough time adjusting to college ball .

 

[fredmanthecatfan]

If it is not clearly a charge or clearly a block, then a no call would be most appropriate. If an offensive player gets run into by a defender, then it’s a block. If an offensive player runs over a defender who has established position then that’s a charge. If 2 guys run into each other while trying to make a play, that’s just basketball for grown ups.

 

[yoshukai]

Saar was called for a moving screen which was baloney. His feet were definitely set.

Also, in the Auburn game, when two plainsmen/tigers/war buzzards ran into each other and UK got called for the foul. This team has zero room for error and we get that kind of calls, well...it drives me nuts

It’s seems like college officials try SO HARD to make some kind of off-the-ball crap where neither player is gaining an advantage.

 

[KyFaninNC]

It is the most inconsistant call and it infuriates me. It is a tough call to make, I get that, but it has gotten out of control, too much flopping is being rewarded. College basketball officiating is horrible, all over. Refs have bias and show it, some are just inept, other want to be in the spot light.

 

[germuk]

It’s seems like college officials try SO HARD to make some kind of off-the-ball crap where neither player is gaining an advantage.

They’ll call cheap off the ball fouls to even up foul discrepancies too. The whole thing is so artificial