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Noticing the number of comments in this thread about the refs: I used to love basketball. I was a gym rat, spending way too much of my undergrad time in the old mens' gym or on the courts at the North Dorms.
During that time I also watched a good deal of college and pro basketball--and then the game changed. Like the debate over mound height, strike zone and juice in the ball in baseball, b-ball struggled with hand checking, steps and the high dribble.
The little I watched of the NCAAs convinced me that these issues are far from settled... it's not that the refs are poor, it's that the style of play almost makes the game impossible to officiate.
What is walking, what is a high dribble, or carrying, or palming the ball, what is a charge or blocking? I don't think there's a teaching film out there that could show you what they are and show you clips of the refs calling them consistently.
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 "When our Big Ten brothers are playing Notre Dame, we're always rooting for them," Tressel said. "I'm rooting for our Big Ten partners. I want our strength of conference to be as good as it can be." Jim Tressel
Last edited by cincibuck; 04-08-2008 at 08:41 AM.
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