Dok's back...
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@Fightsongwriter Doke for sure fouled him when he went over his back and they went tumbling to the floor. - - The guy had great inside rebound position had Doke boxed out - -Doke tried to just reach up over him. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@JayHawkFanToo https://www.si.com/nba/2017/12/27/76ers-joel-embiid-active-status-health-brett-brown-ben-simmons
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Texas shot 14 FT in the second half alone, KU shot 15 the entire game. Svi had 4 fouls which to me is being in serious foul trouble. Just sayin’…
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@JayHawkFanToo Svi picked up his 4th pretty late in the game and not at a point where Self had to sub him. Most of their FT’s also did not come as a result of them being in the bonus. They were fouls at the rim.
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Wasn’t the same for KU? I don’t believe KU even got in the bonus until very late in the game when Texas started to foul to stop the clock, I believe with 22 seconds left?
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JayHawkFanToo said:
Texas shot 14 FT in the second half alone, KU shot 15 the entire game. Svi had 4 fouls which to me is being in serious foul trouble. Just sayin’…
I think this is a lack of driving the ball problem more so than a referee problem. I wasn’t impressed down the stretch when Texas started getting touch fouls and KU nothing, but you just play through that junk and they did.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 I guess I should rewatch the foul on Dok. If Dok leaned forward over the other guy it’s a foul. If Dok went straight up he has he right to come straight down, so if the guy backed under him when he was coming straight down (not jumping forward at all) it should be a fouls on the person boxing out. As it is it’s was called a foul and so that’s what it was, without re-watching I will say I was wrong in the heat of the moment. I will say there were a ton of reaching fouls not called on either team. It was a very loosely officiated game. If there was any bad blood it would’ve come to blows.
When did the NCAA stop giving automatic flagrant fouls for hitting a player in the head? Devonte’ has had his clock cleaned a couple times this season with not so much as a peak at the monitor. I don’t think they were malicious, but they used to draw a foul none the less.
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@JayHawkFanToo Guess what happens when you don’t drive the ball to the basket?
You don’t draw fouls. This team is comprised of jump shooters and when Azubuike gets it down low, teams aren’t fouling him because he can finish through contact.
It’s not really a secret to anyone but you apparently that this team’s style of play doesn’t draw many fouls.
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…and it is apparent to all but you that you don’t draw fouls only when driving to the basket. KU players were frequently bumped on the outside, something the NCAA says you cannot do any more with nary a foul being called…but then, apparently you know better.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Done. Good idea. I’m ready for TT.
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@drgnslayr I too thought Bilas got on his high horse over the ref.
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@Gunman I agree, sounded like he wanted an explanation but walked off while Higgins was explaining.
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Bilas has his own agenda that he has been pushing for a while. He was a much better analyst before he let it get in the way.
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@Gunman I have heard almost every commentator criticize refs for following a coach or player while yelling at him when the guy is walking away. Here, though, it was weird because Shaka went a ways down the court to confront him in the first place. I thought Bilas would have been right on if Higgins had initiated the confrontation, but since Shaka did, he has to accept the logical aftermath.
But it might be different in my mind if I knew whether my theory is correct that Shaka got charged with a timeout when he didn’t call one.
Bottom line: the incident left all of them looking bad: the coach, the ref, and the announcers for not finding out what happened.
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@mayjay Announcers these days have very little time to find out what is actually going on. They are so busy blathering on about how smart they are and building their brand.
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@mayjay I think it may have stemmed from the early game warning of being out of the coaching box. With all our technology why do we waste time on warnings and finally technicals on leaving the coaches area. Just put an ankle bracelet on that zaps them when they violate. It would be a mild one on sidelines violation and major zap (similar to tasers) when coming on the court.
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@Gunman Great food for thought! I am thinking the technology would also be wildly popular with coaches and fans if used a bit differently: perhaps the refs could get zapped when replay shows a blown call. Pitchers or batters, when they complain about the ump’s call when replay confirms it… And Bill Walton, when he takes his shirt off or does something else to disturb, say, 50 % of the audience, all of whom have buzzers…
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@Gunman Or sell zapping rights to key donors. They could buzz the AD or coach when deemed appropriate (not HCBS of course…but SZ???)
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That is a rather treacherous idea. I like it! lol
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Also, very spiteful… Bravo! lol
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LOL. SZ would be a lump of coal by now.
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@JayHawkFanToo by you alone!
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Shock collar karaoke was hilarious when they did that on 98.9 back in the 90s. They’d just be happily, horribly singing along to some tune, then zap! No more singing.
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I would wear out my trigger finger in the first 5 minutes…
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Newman and Doke didn’t practice Sunday I believe. Injuries must be more then just wear and tear. At this point though if a rest day helps then it’s a no-brainer.
We have to tread carefully with this Doke injury and pray its temporary. It sounds like he fought through a lot of pain just to play Friday.
You have to wonder if the Newman injury is an old one. We knew he dealt with something at Miss St. It didn’t seem that noticeable in the game that he was hurt but reports of pre-game was he was limping around…