Quote from: amh63 on March 11, 2012, 03:41:22 PM
In the F&M game, late in the 2nd half, a Dips player drove up to make a shot. Amherst big center stood in his way, arms raised straight up. The Dips player initiated the contact....the layup missed and a foul was called on Amherst. The Amherst starting center had to sit down because of the foul. The Dips player went to the foul line. Best call should have been NO call.
2nd example.....Late in the 2nd half...Toomey and Milligan, I believe, were facing each other....Toomey goes up for a shot, 3-point shot. I believe some Dips fan acknowledged that Toomey may have been fouled but he was leaning into Milliagan. NO call. If a call had been made....Toomey who is a 90 plus foul shooter would have made 3 points in a tight game at the time. It could have changed the way Amherst played the last two minutes of the game. Better yet....Milligan who played a great game...had 4 fouls. If a foul was called and it was the 5th...then The Dips' star would not have been around to score 30 points.
Quality refs are needed in championship type games so fans like me...partisan or not....should not have to question calls.
A stream of the game is available online at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/fandm.portal# (under the On Demand tab). I believe the plays you're referring to occurred at 4:37 remaining for the foul on Kaasila and 9:45 remaining for the Toomey 3-point shot. On the Kaasila foul, his right arm isn't even close to straight up and hits Milligan in the head. On the 3-point shot, Toomey kicks out his right leg as Milligan goes by him, creating the contact. That play should never be a defensive foul, as far as I'm concerned.