It was not a violation. There was no possession of the ball established. Gary saved the ball but never established possession with his feet on the court. Officials got it right and Arrow calmed down once it was explained to him.
I kept wondering if a Saturday night crew would have screwed that one up.
Just for a point of reference on Stigliano compared to the three guys who did yesterdays game.
FPG--Stigliano 2010/11 43.4 fouls per game
FPG--Maxwell 2010/11 34.6 fouls per game
FPG--Nalili 2010/11 33.0 fouls per game
FPG--Sirmons 2010/11 35.3 fouls per game
Stigliano on average calls 8-10 fouls per game, than most refs in D-1 Basketball.
http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/stats
Listed above are the top 100 referee's in D-1 basketball according to Statsheet.com. There are only 6 of the 100 that call 40 or more fouls per game and none with over 41. Yet, Stigliano calls 43.4 fouls per game. He also gives out more Techs than most referee's he is almost averaging a Technical every other game at 11 techs in 30 games.
He does not give out the most fouls per game on average, but is in the top 10. And only 1.9 fouls a game off the most of the season.
Jay,do you have to have feet on the floor to establish possession? The reason i ask is because we see players jumping out of bounds and in the air call a TO and get it. I've seen many a times where a player is chasing a ball out of bounds and does not have possession by the time they've grasped the ball in air and given the T.O. Is there a standard definition of possession?
I'm not Jay, but, yes... on that particular call, you have to have your feet on the floor for it to be considered possession. I believe it was in the article about the game where the ref explained to the USA coach. The rule was changed several years ago to what it is now...that feet have to be on floor to be considered possession.
A bit off topic here, but wasn't it Arrow that went ape *hit last year or year before last when we won at the buzzer? Got in John Dugas' face at mid court and made an idiot out of himself becuase we didn't have a monitor? It was clear that we beat the buzzer but the coach lost his mind.
Cops had to escourt him out and if he had been anyone else, anywhere else, he would have gone to jail.
The three refs had no doubt since not one blew a whistle. A Sat game would of called for a Congressional hearing, 20 minutes at the monitor and then the wrong call.
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