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<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
Such a strange pre season to college basketball. A ton of major upsets all over the place.
How can UNC call timeout without possession of the ball?
What are we looking at in that picture?
Refs nearly handed Mich St the game today against the Illini in one of the most absurd calls I've ever seen. They gave an Illini player a dead ball technical foul for attempting to box out a free throw shooter on a one-and-one. Fortunately, Mich St could not capitalize and the Illini left Lansing with their 2nd win in 2 seasons their. A birth to the tourney is still within reach for this team!
Lol did you not see the play? It was an obvious call. A shooter needs to be protected regardless.
It was a box out. He didn't even leave his feet to shoot the ball, so the whole "protection" argument doesn't apply. If he misses, and that was still in question when the "foul" occurred, then he would have had a clear chance at a rebound. Trice sold it and the refs didn't want to look bad by coming back from the monitor with no call, so they made something up.
Your team won. Why are you complaining? Something had to be called. A shooter is a shooter regardless if he leaves his feet or not. It's moot point anyway.