11-29-2015, 03:37 PM
Watching the Texas (dual posts 6'7", 6'5") vs Tennessee (6'6" post) game... Texas wins it by 11, pretty easily. Those are going to be tough games.
I wish the sports networks would require their announcers to go to officiating school or at least have read the rule book. It is clear these announcers haven't. "Look, she's got her heel on the circle [the restricted area arc]. That should be a block!" exclaims one, with two replays of the play (at 9:42 in the 4th), when the officials (properly) called an offensive foul. Apparently the other announcer wasn't familiar with the rules or she wouldn't have left her out to hang herself with her lack of knowledge of the rules. The offensive player has to start her move to the basket from outside the lower defensive box, in order for the restrictive area to be in effect. Even then, it is only secondary defenders who cannot draw a player control foul. The announcer missed it on both parts.
I wish the sports networks would require their announcers to go to officiating school or at least have read the rule book. It is clear these announcers haven't. "Look, she's got her heel on the circle [the restricted area arc]. That should be a block!" exclaims one, with two replays of the play (at 9:42 in the 4th), when the officials (properly) called an offensive foul. Apparently the other announcer wasn't familiar with the rules or she wouldn't have left her out to hang herself with her lack of knowledge of the rules. The offensive player has to start her move to the basket from outside the lower defensive box, in order for the restrictive area to be in effect. Even then, it is only secondary defenders who cannot draw a player control foul. The announcer missed it on both parts.