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I started going through my photos from the Gonzaga game.  I didn't take many, but I thought this one was the most interesting.  This was the blocking call on Dijonai right at the beginning of the game.  I don't remember who made the call.



https://biketoc.smugmug.com/StanfordWBB/...-XQ9bMGt/A

Ah... the Achilles Heel cost her.

"A secondary defender is considered to be in the restricted area when any part of either foot is in or above this area."
"Art. 1. A secondary defender is a teammate who has helped a primary defender
after that player has been beaten by an opponent because she failed to establish
or maintain a guarding position. A defensive player is beaten when the offensive
player’s head and shoulders get past the defender. There are no secondary
defenders when the offensive player with the ball is within the lower defensive
box when she starts her move to the basket.
Art. 2. In a fast-break situation, any defensive player(s) initially shall be a
secondary defender."

I wasn't yet there for the play, but it does appear to be a fast break.
Her heel appears to be above the line.

Do you see the (near) contradiction that can happen? Consider a fast-break, and the lead offensive player
dishes to another offensive player in the lower defensive box, and a defender
establishes a guarding position on that 2nd offensive player within the restricted area
before the offensive player runs into her.
(My belief is that the word "initially" allows the charge to be called. Only a Missy
would know the difference, and she'd get booed for her call.)



It is interesting to see how the demographics vary by the sections.  Kids tend to come in groups and so sit up in the upper sections.  Stanford students sit (mostly) on the sidelines.  People earning lots of money buy lower section seats (sideline).   People that have been season ticket holders for many years also sit in the lower sideline sections.   We skinflints have been sitting in the upper sections for decades.

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I started going through my photos from the Gonzaga game.  I didn't take many, but I thought this one was the most interesting.  This was the blocking call on Dijonai right at the beginning of the game.  I don't remember who made the call.



https://biketoc.smugmug.com/StanfordWBB/...-XQ9bMGt/A

Ah... the Achilles Heel cost her.

"A secondary defender is considered to be in the restricted area when any part of either foot is in or above this area."
"Art. 1. A secondary defender is a teammate who has helped a primary defender
after that player has been beaten by an opponent because she failed to establish
or maintain a guarding position. A defensive player is beaten when the offensive
player’s head and shoulders get past the defender. There are no secondary
defenders when the offensive player with the ball is within the lower defensive
box when she starts her move to the basket.
Art. 2. In a fast-break situation, any defensive player(s) initially shall be a
secondary defender."

I wasn't yet there for the play, but it does appear to be a fast break.
Her heel appears to be above the line.

Do you see the (near) contradiction that can happen? Consider a fast-break, and the lead offensive player
dishes to another offensive player in the lower defensive box, and a defender
establishes a guarding position on that 2nd offensive player within the restricted area
before the offensive player runs into her.
(My belief is that the word "initially" allows the charge to be called. Only a Missy
would know the difference, and she'd get booed for her call.)



It is interesting to see how the demographics vary by the sections.  Kids tend to come in groups and so sit up in the upper sections.  Stanford students sit (mostly) on the sidelines.  People earning lots of money buy lower section seats (sideline).   People that have been season ticket holders for many years also sit in the lower sideline sections.   We skinflints have been sitting in the upper sections for decades.