Big East refs blow an obvious double-dribble on UVA

[rocket surgeon]

Barkley makes basketball fun.

absolutely!  and he brings a credible perspective on that and a few other things

[MU82]

As a ref in those types of close games, I am looking to call the foul at the first contact because I don't want a game to get out of control because players think they have to mug the opponent to get a foul called.

As a coach in those types of games, I specifically tell the ref coming out of the time-out: "We are going to try to foul. Please call it so we don't have to hack the shyte out of a player."

The refs missed the Auburn foul, even though it was right out in the middle of the floor and it was obvious Auburn was going to foul. The refs then missed the double-dribble, which wasn't obvious to most observers in real time.

What they didn't miss was the foul on Guy's 3-point shot -- which as every replay from every angle shows was clearly a foul. It took guts to make that call.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

It creates an existent possession? What? How can you create something that exists?

Again, there might have been 5% of the viewing audience that might have gotten disturbed about Kenny not using the proper terminology for statheads. The other 95% of the world heard him and had a basic understanding that he was saying one team needed to force more turnovers and grab more offensive rebounds.

Its a vocabulary thing. In basketball a possession technically does not end until the other team possesses the ball. So an offensive rebound doesn't count as an extra possession, it simply extends the existing possession. I think the most correct thing for him to say would've been "take 5 or 6 more shots than auburn". That being said,  I think most understood what he meant

[brewcity77]

It creates an existent possession? What?

Continues, not creates. Autocorrect.

[GooooMarquette]

Barkley makes basketball fun.

I like Chuck! Wish he did color during the games.