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[SDJay]

Classy response from U Conn

[cu8493]

Seems like the traveling call has gone the way of the rule against the defender impeding the dribbling player's freedom of movement the last few years. An extra step here, a switch of the pivot foot or hop on both feet while pivoting is rarely called anymore. In all fairness, Creighton has benefitted from the loosened traveling calls at times this year as well.

I'd rather they call the foul when there's a foul, and call the travel when there is a travel absent the foul. Most of the times I've seen it benefit us, is when Kalk shuffles his feet because someone is hanging onto his shoulders when he has the ball

I am with you 100%. To me, this has been the most frustrating year for watching basketball - not just Creighton games, because of the lack of calling fouls, including illegal screens, and traveling. I don't know if it is a concerted effort by conferences to cut out whistles, but in my opinion it has made some games virtually unwatchable.

[HaRdWoOd]

https://x.com/jellis1016/status/1904162979169304897?s=42

Hurley is like Pelini 2.0, except he is a better coach.

[CUGrads03]

Seems like the traveling call has gone the way of the rule against the defender impeding the dribbling player's freedom of movement the last few years. An extra step here, a switch of the pivot foot or hop on both feet while pivoting is rarely called anymore. In all fairness, Creighton has benefitted from the loosened traveling calls at times this year as well.

I’m sure calls and no calls have gone for and against us and everyone at times. Call me an old timer but I’d much prefer a level playing field where both teams know the rules and, therefore, take as much referee opinion out of it. Sure they’ll miss some or be wrong sometimes, but if there’s less interpretation, you have less complaints in the end.

Could you imagine if they enforced carrying the ball? I rewatched Hoosiers the other day and thought they were dribbling very oddly until I figured out they were probably just accurately following the rules. Haha.

[Realhoops]

More than anything else, I would be relatively satisfied if it was just consistent. IF you're not going to call moving screens, don't call moving screens -- as opposed to ignoring 95 percent of them and making a random token call on one out of nowhere in the second half of a game. If you're going to allow very physical grabbing and bumping and holding in the lane, don't call the slightest touch foul out on the perimeter when it doesn't actually impact the guy with the ball at all. If you're going to call guys for traveling throughout the game when they shuffle slightly as they start their move after catching a pass on the wing, don't ignore a travel just because it is on the buzzer-beating play.

Consistency would make people so much less frustrated with the quality of officiating and level the playing field a ton.

I absolutely wish they would not allow the level of rugby-ball that teams like Saint John's relied upon to play their style all year. But consistency is a bigger deal, to me.

[jayc13]

Auburn did to UM what they did to the Jays.

[LJay]

Man, Jays need a Braden Smith. Can score if needed but he is the LEAD guard and a distributor first. Fantastic performance.

Edit: Yeah, he f’ed up on the final play by abandoning the inbounder but that’s beside the point.

[skinzfan23]

Kalk held his own against Broome. He had 22 and 16 against Michigan with their 2 bigs playing.

[Realhoops]

Kalk held his own against Broome. He had 22 and 16 against Michigan with their 2 bigs playing.

Perfect example of how Kalk was a force that people didn’t see or understand enough — he wasn’t flashy in swatting Broome and stuff but he absolutely changed the way Auburn and Broome tried to do things and limited him.

[Angry Dan]

Kalk was the bomb.

Man I miss him already