Hawktawk wrote:On the last *rebound* by NC the guy is TOTALLY over the back of the oregon player. The play looked like a lot of the no calls vs SC during their 16-0 *run* vs the Zags.
The officiating in the tournament has been horrible throughout.I hope its better tomorrow.
Regardless here we are. 20 years ago I was sitting in a gas station parking lot in Cheney WA with my 4th grade son listening to the Zags lose to the Connecticut Huskies in the elite 8 on my radio in my truck. That run by a school Id never really followed incited a passion for me that nearly rivals my lifetime of fandom for my Hawks nowadays.
The Zags have finally arrived no matter what happens tomorrow but wouldn't it be sweet if the team that gets criticized for merely being an excellent well coached team wins the title over one of the NBA farm teams posing as a perennial power. Shutting the haters mouths forever has got to burn in the psyche of these players. If they win they have to be considered one of the greatest single season college basketball teams of all time.
All the Oregon kid did was place himself between his opponent and the basket. That's only one part of screening out. You have to aggressively move your opponent away from the hoop, make yourself 'big' and use your body to force him towards the free throw line, otherwise you allow for the possibility of a long or high rebound and allowing for more of a jump ball situation, which is what happened. It's a basic fundamental of the game. I must have learned to do that when I was 8 or 10..
I thought it odd that any NC players were even lined up in the lane. With only 4 seconds left and Oregon w/o any timeouts, many teams will pull all their players and put them on the other side of the half court line to defend against a quick pass up the court, 4 players to guard no more than 3 as Oregon would have had to have at least two players in the lane. One way NC could have lost that game was if a foul was called on the rebound, and as Hawktalk contends, one could have been called on that play. Another thing that could have happened was for the NC player to have made the shot and Oregon grabbing the ball and throwing the outlet pass to at least half court, which is why you want 4 players deep. But I guess that's why Roy Williams is a great head coach and I'm a couch potato.