every time they had the ball today? They shuffled their feet while holding the ball and they would drag a pivot foot on other occasions.
Did anybody else notice the Michigan State players were traveling just about
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Traveling is not a rule any more until suddenly one game it is.
Strangely enough you saw a double dribble violation called on each team. Before yesterday, I can't remember the last time a double dribble was called on anyone.
A lot of this has to do with Conference Heads of Officials who review game tapes and pay heed to some complaints from Coaches. If they perceive a rash of traveling violations that aren't called, they spread the word to the Officials to pay closer attention to this element, and presto you suddenly have games where 8-12 traveling violations are called.
A lot of this has to do with Conference Heads of Officials who review game tapes and pay heed to some complaints from Coaches. If they perceive a rash of traveling violations that aren't called, they spread the word to the Officials to pay closer attention to this element, and presto you suddenly have games where 8-12 traveling violations are called.
there's traveling on virtually every possession.
in fact, you often see it before a player ever puts the ball on the floor.
very common for players to take a couple steps when they catch the ball before they pull up.
three steps off the dribble when going to the hoop is far more the rule than the exception.
in fact, you often see it before a player ever puts the ball on the floor.
very common for players to take a couple steps when they catch the ball before they pull up.
three steps off the dribble when going to the hoop is far more the rule than the exception.
Well I'm sure it was because the Michigan St. players were all so exhausted.... just ask Izzo.
Izzo taught them that rules don't apply to his Spartans, they are above the rules.
Or above the law, in the case of a few of Rape enabler Izzo's former players.
Or above the law, in the case of a few of Rape enabler Izzo's former players.
can someone post the ncaa rule on traveling. I will try and watch some plays in slo motion. Thanks.
No, unfortunately didn't get to watch, but that actually relates to another issue that bothers me about habitual violations not getting called. Trae Young, formerly of OU ... he pushes off on every single drive and doesn't get called for it. It is most definitely is an offensive foul and he's still getting away with it in the pros. I'm know I'm not the only one to notice, but not much gets said about it. Does anybody else here see this too?
Let me guess...a MSU fan who created a username 7 years ago, and has two posts...this one to slam IU. Do all you opposing fans from the past have some sort of radar?
"Curiouser and curiouser, " said Alice.
This really highlights a point I wanted to make. If you have watched basketball over the years, the calling of violations has changed drastically. This started with the NBA as players got bigger, and suddenly you had 6'6'' guys dribbling and handling the ball more. They began to ignore traveling violations unless they were blatant. I believe the thinking was that nobody wanted to pay to watch a game where 25 traveling violations were called and the refs were more of a factor than the players. Then you saw it with palming violations. When I learned the game of basketball palming was called anytime your hand came off the top of the ball and was underneath or on the side of the ball, or if the ball came up above chest level . Now you see many players with their hand on the side of the basketball and almost running as the basketball is suspended in their hand. Again this started with the NBA and worked down to college and high school.
The bigger aspect of this is that young players are not being taught fundamentals. When I was growing up we went through myriad dribbling and passing drills so we would know how to handle a basketball properly. In fact in the town where i grew up, we had open basketball gym on weekend afternoons. A couple of the high school players supervised. We didn't just go out and play. They would first run us through ball handling and defensive drills before allowing us to choose sides and play. Apparently coaches have given up on coaching fundamentals at a young age, and the decision has been made at all levels of basketball to ignore all but the most blatant violations in order to accommodate players with skills but poor fundamentals.
I'm not suggesting that we go back to the game of the 1940's with short shorts, two hand set shots and hook shots. However this is my observation as to how we reached this point.
