So, what I'm hearing here is that UK desperately needed that call to beat SHU in a neutral court game. (Close in proximity to SHU but 75% UK fans) I guess SHU should be looked at as a top 15 team.
Elbow rules
The committee tweaked the rules regarding elbow contact above the shoulders.
A minimum of a flagrant 1 foul is no longer required when an official is responding to illegal elbow contact above the shoulders of an opponent. Now, officials also can call a common foul on any illegal...
The rule for flagrant foul says that contact to head and swinging of elbow constitute excessive contact. Neither of these things happened. If you look at the play in slow mo you see several things. He is in the air to get rebound while Washington slides up into his path. He is pushed from...
Hall isn't a mid major.. they have been in top 3 of big east which is a far better basketball conference than SEC. Big East has 2 of last 3 National championships.
First of it was Cale he blocked. Second could easily have been called a block. Not to mention the ref tripped McKnight on the breakaway the previous play so you were fortunate to not already be down 2.
Look at it again.. they could easily have issued s foul on Kentucky for blocking for not allowing space for an airborne player to come down. NBA it's a flagrant. Also came one play after the ref tripped McKnight on a fast break so consider it even.