Sage wrote:
JaredCowley wrote:
The funny thing is, in the MWC, the horrible officiating isn't based in conspiracy. It's just that the refs are such weak-minded individuals, they can't handle the pressure of a home crowd. That's why home teams in the MWC always shoot 10-20 more free throws than their road opponent. It's a disgrace to officiating.
Boo the MWC refs.
Jared Cowley
I for one have been impressed with Jared Cowley's objectivity for years. I appreciate the apparent levelheadedness you usually bring to this forum.
But in this call, I disagree. We have a very poor view of the angle of the offensive players leap. The only camera angle that even gets us close to what really happened from the ref's pov is the one over the ref's right shoulder. From that angle the offensive player leaps to his right so that if the defense stays put, he slides by. Not really a lot of contact.
But it appears without a good view from any other camera, that the defender leans left and lowers his left arm that causes the majority of the contact. Perhaps it should have been let go. But no sideword movement would have resulted in a lot less contact. But he leaned left. Late. Ref called it.
I disagree. I think its very clear that the offensive player lowered his arm, not the defensive player. This was a wipe away. The defensive player played picture-perfect no foul defense.
Incidentally, I don't know if he actually saw it (but I think he probably did), but Andy Glockner questioned the call as well:
UNLV [23-7 (13-4), RPI: 27, SOS: 58] The Rebels escaped their MWC quarterfinal game with the help of a really questionable foul call late.
