Um, those were 2 totally different situations. Last week didn't cost USC jr. the game. And as much as i hate Duke, the 5th foul on Grayson Allen today was a terrible call. But it was kind of like karma.
It's delay of game and unsportsmanlike , the timing of the play doesn't matter . They should call it at any point in the game , this is Humphries fault . If a UL player did the same thing against us there would be an uproar , it's terrible that many are being disingenuous about it .
So that play doesn't bother you but it's called a T all the time and it's common knowledge . It's weird to see everyone act like it's not a T .
No, it's not delay of game. It was a dead ball. And who was he being "Unsportsmanlike" to? He wasn't taunting anyone.
No it wasn't. He'd done that once already. That's probably why he got called for it. Plus, like already mentioned. Apples to oranges. We're talking about a Tech that was issued with :09 remaining in which we had a 70% FT shooter headed to the line to put us up by 3 points.
WRONG. The clock was stopped. It was essentially an expression of triumph by a young college player after the play was over. The rules do not require that a T be called for slamming the ball down on the floor. Given the score and time remaining, most officials would not have call that a T for the reasons I stated and since it would dramatically change the outcome. The players should determine the outcome of the game by their play while the clock is moving. As I stated in another thread there are some who have an agenda of knocking Kentucky down so that other teams can share the glory.
In frustration, yes. Not for a game saving/winning play. There's a difference. If you're frustrated with a call and you slam the ball down, then you're essentially taunting the ref. In this particular instance, he was celebrating a play. HUGE difference.
It doesn't matter about timing , a foul in the first minute should be a foul in the last minute . It was a dumb play by Humpries , everybody acting like it's all the refs fault is the epitome of disingenuous . We all know that's been called before , I don't know why everyone is shocked by it .
RIGHT , it's the refs discretion and a justified one . Bad play by our player , learn and move on .
except, from what I understand, they didn't T Briscoe up for slamming the ball - he actually got the technical for "excessive celebrating" with Murray a few seconds later.
That's subjective, and officials shouldn't be making those types of judgment calls with :09 remaining! It's often why they don't call the most obvious fouls on the last play of the game. They don't want to be responsible for impacting the outcome. I guess Pat Adams is the exception and not the norm.
I personally think it was a bad call because of the timing of it. It wasn't an over the top celebration and I have seen people celebrate more than what he did and it not get called. I think Pat Adams is a terrible ref for more than what he did tonight.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, because I don't think he did. Differing opinions
THIS!!!! :09 remaining. That is the most important factor at play. Call it midway through the 1st half or 2nd half and it's probably still a ticky tack call, but it's easy to overcome. With :09 remaining, it reveals an agenda. Plus, it's not like Humphries punted the ball up in the stands or taunted another player. Hell, if the ball comes back up and he catches it, it might not even get called.
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When it happened I was annoyed at Humpries , I knew it was a a bad move . Many thousands of times players have gotten a crucial rebound and not excessively celebrated , it's his fault for not doing that . It's not ok to do it just because it's late in the game and it never has been . I am surprised by the reaction on this play by our fans , we got a crappy whistle at usc and that's a justified complaint . This however seems like an accumulated reaction to calls over the season , like at Kansas where again we got a crappy whistle . This play was on us , the ref made a legitimate call . It wasn't like he called a phantom T on Hump , he slammed the ball . I don't know why slamming the ball has become something that should be overlooked when it's been called for decades .
Yeah and both coaches stepped out of the coaching box several times...all coaches did today...did you see all of them getting t'd up? No. A rule is a rule, right?
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