Pushoffs and the NCAA Tournament

[jrm693]

How many times a game do we see the opponents ball handlers push our defenders away to clear space to dribble especially Ulis and Briscoe. In the SEC the officials have turned a blind eye to that and not called it, my question is do you think the tournament officials who are usually from another conference will whistle that.

 

[uky8unc5]

Have you noticed that Murray and Ulis use that maneuver too all the time?

 

[jarms24]

Have you noticed that Murray and Ulis use that maneuver too all the time?

Actually, no I haven't. Not being a homer, but I've never seen them push off. Their handles are so good, they can usually shake their defender without having to push off.

 

[uky8unc5]

Actually, no I haven't. Not being a homer, but I've never seen them push off. Their handles are so good, they can usually shake their defender without having to push off.

My son-in-law is a very successful high school coach, and I used to officiate at a pretty high level. When we watch games, the conversation gets a little "edgy", with him cursing the Officials and me defending them (when I can).

So I confess I intentionally search for places where UK gets breaks. I realize this instantly puts me on everyone's Hate List. In fact, sometimes I hate myself!

 

[CatPhight]

March always means quickly adapting to other conference officials whistles and what they will and won't let slide.
It always seems varies to some degree.

 

[Ugoff]

I'm not saying our guards NEVER do it but I'd say it's being used significantly more against them.

 

[Ben101er]

I can understand not calling it every time, but when it gains advantage it should be called. The defensive man cannot hand check, so when they play really good defense, with their hands up, and the offense creates space with a forearm, it is a foul.

 

[JasonS.]

Ulis is pretty amazing at forcing contact (not so much pushing off as throwing his body into the defender ...) when he drives to create space, but he's pretty amazing at a lot of things.

 

[jrm693]

Have you noticed that Murray and Ulis use that maneuver too all the time?

I do not like to criticize the officials because it is a difficult task keeping up with these high speed athletes and you can't see everything, but to me it very obvious that those guys bringing it up quite often shove Ulis and Murray and I have not seen Ulis and Murray employ that tactic and I am sure they have to a lessor degree.

 

[rick64]

College officiating has gotten steadily worse over the years. In the attempt to make the rules easier to follow, it's done the opposite. I'm convinced refs just call it like they want to.

 

[Lra1]

I noticed last night A&M used the push off to win. A different play and player but same result. Once more a no call. This should benefit us with Alex back. He should get some big time advantages.

 

[CatPhight]

I noticed last night A&M used the push off to win. A different play and player but same result. Once more a no call. This should benefit us with Alex back. He should get some big time advantages.

A&M will punch out early in the NCAA-T with their play...they'd better pack some sack lunches with no home cooking in March.

 

[BigBlueDiehard]

Ulis does use his elbow and forearm to shield his dribble from a defender a lot, but he almost always keeps it bent without ever extending it to push off the defender to create space. He just stops and starts and changes direction so quickly that he's almost impossible to stay in front of.

 

[CharlieT71059]

There are a lot of fouls that dont get called

 

[Ben101er]

Ulis does use his elbow and forearm to shield his dribble from a defender a lot, but he almost always keeps it bent without ever extending it to push off the defender to create space. He just stops and starts and changes direction so quickly that he's almost impossible to stay in front of.

And that is the key. Anyone who has ever played knows that you can't put your arm down at your side the entire time you dribble, but then creating space by shoving the defensive man away from you, is something else. All it does is keep a really good defensive player from making his defense impact the game.

 

[Blueaz]

How many times a game do we see the opponents ball handlers push our defenders away to clear space to dribble especially Ulis and Briscoe. In the SEC the officials have turned a blind eye to that and not called it, my question is do you think the tournament officials who are usually from another conference will whistle that.

I was just talking about this with a client...just ten minutes ago...
It seems to go on everywhere

 

[wcc31]

How many times a game do we see the opponents ball handlers push our defenders away to clear space to dribble especially Ulis and Briscoe. In the SEC the officials have turned a blind eye to that and not called it, my question is do you think the tournament officials who are usually from another conference will whistle that.

Wayne Selden should foul out every game on this.

 

[Mike-D]

One thing is for sure. Some of these other conferences aren't officiating like the SEC. That's probably a good thing. I've never seen such a bad conference from top to bottom have some of the best conference game home court winning percentages.