McConnell Block
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That video doesn’t do Caleb’s effort justice. When that ball was initially thrown in bounds I was like we are soooo screwed. then he closed the gap so fast and made a huge block
Def the turning point tonight
Hopefully we look back on it next month and say for the season
This was my exact thought. As that ball was in midair I told myself that’s game.
100% best defensive play of the season
Exactlyyyy and a huge pet peeve of mine. Refs love to anticipate fouls like it's a reflex
Nailed it. Defenses have to scheme bc of Paul now. Wheeler got 2 fouls and was out. Arhens came in and got abused for an old school 3 point play by Paul in the lane and was immediately yanked. I expect Caleb to draw shorter defenders with size seeming to slow Paul down
One of the aspects that makes the play so great. Completely unselfish willing to sacrifice if needed knowing they needed stops at any cost
My favorite part of the play... Geo pushing Caleb in the back in the lane.
It's as if his bodily action was saying, "Go Caleb. You can block it!"
It's as if his bodily action was saying, "Go Caleb. You can block it!"
They really should have started the clip earlier. It's so much more impressive if you see it starting from 2 seconds earlier
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Yes! We need officially title this play THE BLOCK and refer to it as such on the boards moving forward
Omg the shove by Geo may have been the difference. Just watch and don't ever stop watching. 
Underrated post! Anticipation calls on a defender in a “bad” position are all too common.
I think it was Lamont Simpson? Not familiar with him from prior games which is probably a good sign generally.
Actually, it means it now has a dual meaning, at least for the hookers and blow crowd. The meaning for that crowd was always: Washington Square Park.
I know everybody railed on the refs most of the game. And there were some calls that were off, for sure.
But down the stretch, the refs mostly appeared to just let the two teams play, and play hard. I was seeing a ton of contact (both ways) and the refs seemed like they had made up their minds to let most stuff go. I think, for the most part, that when the refs let the players play physically, it benefits RU because RU seems prone to getting into early foul trouble when refs call things tightly.
It was almost like, in the second half in particular, they started out by calling stuff pretty tight, perhaps to keep things from getting out of control and then gradually eased up on the calls once it was clear the teams were exercising some restraint on their own. This is pure speculation, of course. But it's hard to explain the variance in how tight or easy they called stuff across the full 40 minutes.