About that Scott Wood free throw
I'm just curious about something. I'm not complaining about the officiating. But I have a question about this...
What was the deal on that free throw late in the game where Scott Wood was on the line to shoot two? Three Clemson players were lined up along the lane in their spots, the ref gave Scott the ball to shoot, and a fourth Clemson player comes waltzing into the area to his spot along the lane. The ref stops (or tries to stop) the free throw, but Scott shoots it and makes it anyway. The ref waived it off and made Scott shoot it again.
What I'd like to know is, once the free throw shooter has the ball in hand, ready to shoot, NO PLAYER is (I believe) allowed to enter the three point arc, much less approach the lane. Shouldn't the ref have let Scott shoot that free throw, and then just treated it like a lane violation?
Why should an "illegal" action on the part of a Clemson player have resulted in a point being taken off the board?
In the end, it all worked out the same. Scott missed the re-take of that free throw, but made the second one, for one point. I'm just curious if this was a missed call? Or was it handled correctly? Seemed like they handled it incorrectly to me.
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That darn Bilas should have stepped in and allowed the foul shot. State lost the game over this and his other comments. LMAO!
RE: About that Scott Wood free throw
Anyone have any thoughts on the free throw?
RE: About that Scott Wood free throw
I'm just curious about something. I'm not complaining about the officiating. But I have a question about this...
What was the deal on that free throw late in the game where Scott Wood was on the line to shoot two? Three Clemson players were lined up along the lane in their spots, the ref gave Scott the ball to shoot, and a fourth Clemson player comes waltzing into the area to his spot along the lane. The ref stops (or tries to stop) the free throw, but Scott shoots it and makes it anyway. The ref waived it off and made Scott shoot it again.
What I'd like to know is, once the free throw shooter has the ball in hand, ready to shoot, NO PLAYER is (I believe) allowed to enter the three point arc, much less approach the lane. Shouldn't the ref have let Scott shoot that free throw, and then just treated it like a lane violation?
Why should an "illegal" action on the part of a Clemson player have resulted in a point being taken off the board?
In the end, it all worked out the same. Scott missed the re-take of that free throw, but made the second one, for one point. I'm just curious if this was a missed call? Or was it handled correctly? Seemed like they handled it incorrectly to me.
- Posted by TruthBKnown Returned
correct, once the official passes the ball to the shooter NO ONE is allowed to move into the lane.
the official dropped the ball on that play.
I can't believe Gott never said anything about it... or, that the league didn't do the right thing, and own up to the mistake.
actually... after further thought, I
can believe it.
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Wow, Can you beleive the Super Coach Gott-fired did not speak out about that? Funny...maybe TBK and Wolfgirl know more than he does.
I would think if he felt he had handed the ball away too quickly he could stop things, I have seen refs take it back out of the shooters hands on several occassions.
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The Swoff keeps working his magic, even during state college wins. LOL!!
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At least this didn't happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lvVhPSYfY&feature=youtube_gdata_playerI didn't watch nor do I know the rule, however, I have seen the ref take the ball back in many games. Last one I saw the ref gave the player the ball and another ref told him to take it back - could it be that Clemson was required to have a player in that spot and the ref missed it initially ?
RE: About that Scott Wood free throw
Wow, Can you beleive the Super Coach Gott-fired did not speak out about that? Funny...maybe TBK and Wolfgirl know more than he does.
I would think if he felt he had handed the ball away too quickly he could stop things, I have seen refs take it back out of the shooters hands on several occassions.
- Posted by TruthisKnown
Scott was ready to shoot. The ref didn't take action until the last Clemson player got lined up along the lane (late). You could tell he wanted to stop the action and just prevent the free throw. So I understand why he would waive it off. But why? It's like he gave the Clemson player a break when it should have been a lane violation.
I just felt like he penalized Scott for a Clemson mistake.
In the end, we got one point. But I thought it was terribly mishandled.
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I'm emailing yow now, the ncaa, john swofford, the director or officals, governor martin, the president of the united states this is part of unc conspiracy. Come one WRAL. Why not a headline on this?
RE: About that Scott Wood free throw
At least this didn't happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lvVhPSYfY&feature=youtube_gdata_playerI didn't watch nor do I know the rule, however, I have seen the ref take the ball back in many games. Last one I saw the ref gave the player the ball and another ref told him to take it back - could it be that Clemson was required to have a player in that spot and the ref missed it initially ?
That's pretty bad. I guess the refs can do anything they want. I just thought once they hand over the ball for a free throw attempt, then something the OPPOSING team does wrong should be considered a violation on their part. Scott made the free throw, so it wouldn't have mattered anyway.
I'm thinking back when I played organized ball that I did something like this in the heat of the moment. I was subbing in and thought I was supposed to line up along the lane for the free throw. And I think I got called for the lane violation. But that was many, many years ago...
Plus, the men's league I was in had better officiating than the ACC. So I tend to believe they got it right in the game where I did that. :)
RE: About that Scott Wood free throw
At least this didn't happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lvVhPSYfY&feature=youtube_gdata_playerI didn't watch nor do I know the rule, however, I have seen the ref take the ball back in many games. Last one I saw the ref gave the player the ball and another ref told him to take it back - could it be that Clemson was required to have a player in that spot and the ref missed it initially ?
That's pretty bad. I guess the refs can do anything they want. I just thought once they hand over the ball for a free throw attempt, then something the OPPOSING team does wrong should be considered a violation on their part. Scott made the free throw, so it wouldn't have mattered anyway.
I'm thinking back when I played organized ball that I did something like this in the heat of the moment. I was subbing in and thought I was supposed to line up along the lane for the free throw. And I think I got called for the lane violation. But that was many, many years ago...
Plus, the men's league I was in had better officiating than the ACC. So I tend to believe they got it right in the game where I did that. :)
I think had Scott Wood missed the makeover FT and State lost by 1 then this would be an extremely hot topic today. No harm no foul
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