define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: NCAA Tournament Tidbits: 03.19.2011 http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/19/ncaa-tournament-tidbits-03-19-2011/ The Independent Voice of College Basketball Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 By: Mark P http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/19/ncaa-tournament-tidbits-03-19-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-230697 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:46:35 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=35876#comment-230697 Fair enough. There is some contact–Witherspoon’s elbow to Williams’ armpit–but Witherspoon is like 45º leaning into contact while Williams is mostly straight up. To me that seems like a very easy no-call, one that would only be controversial to Memphis fans. But, still, I suppose it could be called controversial.

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By: BGoodman http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/19/ncaa-tournament-tidbits-03-19-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-230532 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:53:34 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=35876#comment-230532 Mark, I don’t think it was clean, but it was a case of contact where I’d be very surprised if a ref were to blow a whistle. I think there are vocal arguments on both sides (though probably not to the extent of the Morehead-Louisville ending), which is why it can be described as controversial. Thank you for checking us out!

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By: Mark P http://rushthecourt.net/2011/03/19/ncaa-tournament-tidbits-03-19-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-230472 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:23:48 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=35876#comment-230472 Re Arizona over Memphis: the only controversy involved whether Horne fouled Witherspoon on the rebound. He probably did, but Witherspoon gathered the board anyway, and the idea of deciding a game based on body contact on a rebound seems less than palatable. Williams’ block was about as clean as it gets.

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