Elbow to the head flagrant one need replay

[cschor]

Watching the Iowa at Wisconsin game and with three minutes and 12 seconds left Zach Showalter fouls an Iowa player off the ball.   In the process Zach gets hit in the head.   After the Iowa player already hit one free throw they show it on the big screen and the crowd goes crazy.  The officials call timeout and go to the monitors.  Iowa player  gets called for a flagrant one. I feel the only reason it was reviewed was because the crowd went crazy when it was shown on the big screen.  In the end the officials got it right, but only because of the crowds influence. 

Having the replays in The Bradley Center would add to the integrity and intensity of the game day Marquette experience.

I know this has been discussed before and if it is the Big East policy it needs to get fixed.  Is the argument against it sportsmanship?  Other venues don't have the capability?  Are they worried about inciting riots?  I don't get it.

Huge game against Creighton tomorrow and I will be there in person for what I hope to be an excellent game day experience.

[TheGym]

It was Gard who got them to look at it.  The refs went and talk to Gard after the first free throw and then they looked at it.  Happens all the time where a coach asks the refs to look at a play for a F1.

[Benny B]

The bottom line is that officials are human and they make mistakes, and like most humans, they don't like their mistakes being front and center for all to see.  So the argument goes that a referee would be less likely to make a judgment call against the home team when they know if they make the wrong call, it's going to be replayed in front of them.

Replaying controversial plays, therefore, enhances "home court advantage," which most coaches would probably agree is not ideal.

[We R Final Four]

Watching the Iowa at Wisconsin game and with three minutes and 12 seconds left Zach Showalter fouls an Iowa player off the ball.   In the process Zach gets hit in the head.   After the Iowa player already hit one free throw they show it on the big screen and the crowd goes crazy.  The officials call timeout and go to the monitors.  Iowa player  gets called for a flagrant one. I feel the only reason it was reviewed was because the crowd went crazy when it was shown on the big screen.  In the end the officials got it right, but only because of the crowds influence. 

Having the replays in The Bradley Center would add to the integrity and intensity of the game day Marquette experience.

I know this has been discussed before and if it is the Big East policy it needs to get fixed.  Is the argument against it sportsmanship?  Other venues don't have the capability?  Are they worried about inciting riots?  I don't get it.

Huge game against Creighton tomorrow and I will be there in person for what I hope to be an excellent game day experience.

Great point--I saw that as well. I just think that it needs to be consistent. The replay had an effect on the fans which had an effect on the refs(right or wrong) and subsequently had an effect on the game. Yet, if never shown on the Jumbotron never would have been discussed again.

[cschor]

The bottom line is that officials are human and they make mistakes, and like most humans, they don't like their mistakes being front and center for all to see.  So the argument goes that a referee would be less likely to make a judgment call against the home team when they know if they make the wrong call, it's going to be replayed in front of them.

Replaying controversial plays, therefore, enhances "home court advantage," which most coaches would probably agree is not ideal.

Good points, I agree, replaying controversial plays may add to the "home-court advantage,"  yet the badgers and the Big Ten apparently don't have a problem with it.   Coaches know the deal, I think adding the replays adds to the integrity of the process.   We will need all the home-court advantage we can get Saturday.