How do they miss double dribble

wmk0002

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The foul on the shot was legitimate but the low severity of the foul paired with the moment makes it a usual no call. I just wonder if they didn’t even realize at all they missed the double dribble because if they did you absolutely swallow the whistle at the end.
 
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The official that called the foul putting Guy at the line is from Louisville. I don’t know the one who missed the double dribble. But you’re right, it’s shameless. That’s a middle school call, to decide a final four game!
 
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bthaunert

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The foul on the shot was legitimate but the low severity of the foul paired with the moment makes it a usual no call. I just wonder if they didn’t even realize at all they missed the double dribble because if they did you absolutely swallow the whistle at the end.
I think they just didn’t realize it. Such a frantic situation. You’re anticipating Auburn fouling, time is winding down, Virginia is possibly going to try and shoot while being fouled, etc, so they flat out missed in imo.
 

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NO ONE saw the double dribble...did you? It even looked like the Auburn player took a stab at the ball, now he never touched it, but that also complicated the call.

Plus, Karma sucks for a team with players that were illegally recruited by a coach who pleaded GUILTY and going to Federal Prison. The NCAA really missed that call!!
 
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They did miss the double dribble, I knew as soon as it happened that he could pick the ball up but could not dribble the ball. A lot of the calls these ref's make, especially on the "and one's " are anticipation calls. I really believe the ref near the play, assumed the Auburn player was going to foul him. Oh well, there are calls missed in every game that is played, just like in the NFL, where they could call holding on each and every play. It did not go against us, so I will sleep well tonight..
 
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NO ONE saw the double dribble...did you? It even looked like the Auburn player took a stab at the ball, now he never touched it, but that also complicated the call.

Plus, Karma sucks for a team with players that were illegally recruited by a coach who pleaded GUILTY and going to Federal Prison. The NCAA really missed that call!!
That’s not what was going on at Auburn at all. Keep the facts the facts. The assistant coach was indicted for steering recruits to a certain agent once they left college. If anything, he was wanting players to LEAVE Auburn so he could get paid.
 
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If you call what you see, you make correct decisions, it when refs assume, it blows up in their face, I hear whistles before contact all the time, how does that happen
 
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NO ONE saw the double dribble...did you? It even looked like the Auburn player took a stab at the ball, now he never touched it, but that also complicated the call.

Plus, Karma sucks for a team with players that were illegally recruited by a coach who pleaded GUILTY and going to Federal Prison. The NCAA really missed that call!!

Watched the game at a little bar an hour from auburn.

Mostly just auburn fans who were cheering bc it was auburn.. not die hard basketball fans.. you could tell they werent the most basketball knowledgeable folk based on some of the things they screamed at the tv... every single one of them screamed double dribble.
 
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There were several posters in the game thread who noticed it real time
 

IUfanBorden

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I think they just didn’t realize it. Such a frantic situation. You’re anticipating Auburn fouling, time is winding down, Virginia is possibly going to try and shoot while being fouled, etc, so they flat out missed in imo.
Have you ever officiated? Because this is a fantastic post. I worked CBB for some time. And this is just an absolute great post. What people don't understand is the intensity of these games. As an official, you know Auburn is going to foul. You are anticipating this. You become so focused on not missing the foul, that you miss the DD. You are telling yourself---"don't miss the foul....don't miss the foul". Becasue last thing you want, is to miss an obvious foul, only to have UVA drop one in at the buzzer.

Sure it was an easy call.via rule----So to speak. But not an easy call given the situation. Hell I bet 99% of those watching at home, and in the arena, had no idea it happened, until it was brought up some minutes after the fact. ****, Pearl didn't even realize it.

Great post.
 

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Auburn grabbing his jersey before the double dribble. That’s a foul.

Exactly, the refs saw the auburn player touching, reaching in and expected a foul, it was NOT a “how did he miss that call situation. He was likley just looking for the foul and probably more concerned with a potential shooting foul issue if teh AU player fouled and the UVA kid went up for a shot
 

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That’s not what was going on at Auburn at all. Keep the facts the facts. The assistant coach was indicted for steering recruits to a certain agent once they left college. If anything, he was wanting players to LEAVE Auburn so he could get paid.

NOPE, facts are that he did it while they were still in college and that is a violation. And he helped steer ACTUAL money to players while at Auburn. FACTS ARE FACTS. Read his GUILTY plea.
 

Big John Stud

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They missed it because they have to call it live and 99% of people missed it live because it happened so fast. The same reason they missed the Auburn travel the possession before and the Auburn defender grabbing Guys jersey before the double dribble when he was trying to intentionally foul.


 
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[QUOTE=Sure it was an easy call.via rule----So to speak. But not an easy call given the situation. Hell I bet 99% of those watching at home, and in the arena, had no idea it happened, until it was brought up some minutes after the fact. ****, Pearl didn't even realize it.

Sorry, but this is such a straw man argument. It doesn't matter if the people watching at home or in the arena knew what was happening. That's not their job.

There were two officials looking DIRECTLY at the play; one one on each side of the court. These are supposed to be the best of the best; working on the biggest stage in the biggest games. If they don't know the rule -- or perhaps can't think clearly enough in that situation, as you suggest -- they have ZERO business on that floor.

Sorry, but this is the equivalent of a coach not knowing the score of the game or how many timeouts he has. This is an inexcusable error for someone whose only responsibility is to enforce the rules on the court, and double-dribble is perhaps the most basic rule and easiest call to make on the floor.
 

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Have you ever officiated? Because this is a fantastic post. I worked CBB for some time. And this is just an absolute great post. What people don't understand is the intensity of these games. As an official, you know Auburn is going to foul. You are anticipating this. You become so focused on not missing the foul, that you miss the DD. You are telling yourself---"don't miss the foul....don't miss the foul". Becasue last thing you want, is to miss an obvious foul, only to have UVA drop one in at the buzzer.

Sure it was an easy call.via rule----So to speak. But not an easy call given the situation. Hell I bet 99% of those watching at home, and in the arena, had no idea it happened, until it was brought up some minutes after the fact. ****, Pearl didn't even realize it.

Great post.
Yes, to answer your first question. However I can't give the officials a pass in this situation. Staring down the dribbler is never a good idea so they properly focused on the defense given it's a take-foul situation...but if you're doing that, you clearly know the defender wasn't involved in the deflection/interrupted dribble, so it shouldn't be that tough to get the illegal dribble after he picks it up and starts another. Secondly, they also missed the defender grabbing the UVA jersey before the player committed the illegal dribble....so being focused on refereeing the defense didn't help them there.

I understand officials aren't expecting a double dribble at that level of play, but Sirmons and Kimble both had great looks at the play and missed it. The fact that most of the fans didn't notice is irrelevant. They're not trained, experienced officials.
 

bthaunert

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Have you ever officiated? Because this is a fantastic post. I worked CBB for some time. And this is just an absolute great post. What people don't understand is the intensity of these games. As an official, you know Auburn is going to foul. You are anticipating this. You become so focused on not missing the foul, that you miss the DD. You are telling yourself---"don't miss the foul....don't miss the foul". Becasue last thing you want, is to miss an obvious foul, only to have UVA drop one in at the buzzer.

Sure it was an easy call.via rule----So to speak. But not an easy call given the situation. Hell I bet 99% of those watching at home, and in the arena, had no idea it happened, until it was brought up some minutes after the fact. ****, Pearl didn't even realize it.

Great post.
Never officiated at a high level, but ran a college basketball arena and worked in college athletics, so been around a lot of college basketball.
 

Grumpyolddawg

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by Ty Jerome with 5 second left in backcourt

No doubt they missed a DD by Jerome in backcourt, but they also missed the AU player practically pulling his jersey off when he was trying to get to the ball after dribbling it off his calf. Poetic justice imo, a proven cheater's team with players recruited by an assistant coach heading to prison for handing out shoe company money. Only way AU's loss would have been more enjoyable would have been in the finals. They cheated their way to a NC in football with Scam, and came very close to cheating their way to one in basketball.
 

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The standard referee / NCAA excuse coming: not severe enough to impact the play or the moment.

All these refs have an agenda before they start the game. You can’t tell me Sirmons and Shows are deemed excellent referees.

When biased Higgins works multiple F4s and is deemed one of the best?
 

carolinacat

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No doubt they missed a DD by Jerome in backcourt, but they also missed the AU player practically pulling his jersey off when he was trying to get to the ball after dribbling it off his calf. Poetic justice imo, a proven cheater's team with players recruited by an assistant coach heading to prison for handing out shoe company money. Only way AU's loss would have been more enjoyable would have been in the finals. They cheated their way to a NC in football with Scam, and came very close to cheating their way to one in basketball.
Definitely missed the first grab by the AU defender...which perversely, would have probably helped Auburn if they had called it. The throw in would have been well in the backcourt which would have made it potentially harder to get a quick pass to a shooter...although granted would have had a couple more seconds to execute the play.