03-10-2019, 04:03 PM
Our players can't control this, but I hope our coaches have let the PAC-12 conference know that the officials should enforce lane violations and call "palming" the ball, and call the "left down on catch-right-left-right-shot". The rules are in the books, and the refs are supposed to call them. They haven't been. Call those, and it is liable to disrupt Oregon. (One of our players will occasionally do those, but Ionescu violates two of those virtually every offensive possession.)
There have been so many poor calls in this tournament. Who else saw the double dribble under the basket in one of the other games? I've seen 6-seconds (by game clock) in the lane. (Heck, if they're calling the heel in the air above the arc, then they really should call the lane violations where the player never gets both feet out of the lane at the same time.) Then there was the phantom tie ball. And of course all the missed & phantom fouls that we get in each game (for instance, UW 3Q 7:23). Oh yea, the travel called on Alanna wasn't a travel (UW 4Q 3:25). Missy missed that her pivot foot hadn't yet touched before she passed. Awkward, yes; Travel, no. The backcourt call at 2Q 2:41 in the Cal game is a typical bad call by the official. Kiana's right foot had come down in the front court before she touched the ball, but the official jumped at making a technical call as if her foot had not come down. It was a bang-bang play, but the official made the wrong call.
As for the alleged push-off on the half court shot, the best view is from the side, where it is pretty clear there was no push off. Dijonai's elbow is bent more than 90 degrees; her arm doesn't extend & come back. From the high end-line camera, you can see the UW player throw her head back, indicating it wasn't a push on her torso that sent her flying, it was her own volition when she lead with her head to drive herself backwards. (Have some one push you in the chest and see whether your head leads your shoulders.)
The one difficult & critical call that I applaud the officials on was the technical foul on Washington with 2.3 seconds in regulation. That was the proper call, even if it hurt Oregon State. OSU could have scored a three with 6 Washington players lying on the floor in the 2.3 seconds. Note that OSU had every right to throw the ball in and start play while Washington is distracted with themselves.
Of course, I think ref Kyle Bacon in the UCLA-Oregon game should have called a foul on the inbounds at OT 0:08.7. I don't see how he didn't call it. Injury would have been added to insult if he'd been forced to give the ball to Oregon when he had to go to replay to determine who last touched it.
There have been so many poor calls in this tournament. Who else saw the double dribble under the basket in one of the other games? I've seen 6-seconds (by game clock) in the lane. (Heck, if they're calling the heel in the air above the arc, then they really should call the lane violations where the player never gets both feet out of the lane at the same time.) Then there was the phantom tie ball. And of course all the missed & phantom fouls that we get in each game (for instance, UW 3Q 7:23). Oh yea, the travel called on Alanna wasn't a travel (UW 4Q 3:25). Missy missed that her pivot foot hadn't yet touched before she passed. Awkward, yes; Travel, no. The backcourt call at 2Q 2:41 in the Cal game is a typical bad call by the official. Kiana's right foot had come down in the front court before she touched the ball, but the official jumped at making a technical call as if her foot had not come down. It was a bang-bang play, but the official made the wrong call.
As for the alleged push-off on the half court shot, the best view is from the side, where it is pretty clear there was no push off. Dijonai's elbow is bent more than 90 degrees; her arm doesn't extend & come back. From the high end-line camera, you can see the UW player throw her head back, indicating it wasn't a push on her torso that sent her flying, it was her own volition when she lead with her head to drive herself backwards. (Have some one push you in the chest and see whether your head leads your shoulders.)
The one difficult & critical call that I applaud the officials on was the technical foul on Washington with 2.3 seconds in regulation. That was the proper call, even if it hurt Oregon State. OSU could have scored a three with 6 Washington players lying on the floor in the 2.3 seconds. Note that OSU had every right to throw the ball in and start play while Washington is distracted with themselves.
Of course, I think ref Kyle Bacon in the UCLA-Oregon game should have called a foul on the inbounds at OT 0:08.7. I don't see how he didn't call it. Injury would have been added to insult if he'd been forced to give the ball to Oregon when he had to go to replay to determine who last touched it.