tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193415216281464600.post6320467766409292838..comments2008-04-01T07:53:38.180-04:00GPEquisport1@aol.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193415216281464600.post-35359815778096164202008-03-31T15:01:00.000-04:002008-03-31T15:01:00.000-04:00I'm sure that #1 happens; I'm not so sure about #2, at least not any more than any other big men in the middle. (I mean look at A&M and UCLA as a prime example.) And perhaps he does it less; it's not like he's swatting at the ball like a shot-blocker.<BR/><BR/>And of course all of this has a lot to do with the officiating itself and what the officials have been trained/pushed to look for. My only point was that it seems that they've been looking (or NOT looking) for different things since the Duke game. Nevertheless, Tyler took the team on his shoulders and got Carolina to the Final Four.Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904126433483790761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193415216281464600.post-90811807710079319342008-03-30T15:57:00.000-04:002008-03-30T15:57:00.000-04:00Lets raise 2 questions:<BR/><BR/>1) How many times does Tyler take a "phantom" extra step that never ends up being a travelling call?<BR/><BR/>2) How many times does Tyler commit a foul that never gets called? <BR/><BR/>answer to both---waaaaaaay too many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193415216281464600.post-57922197249456137932008-03-27T23:18:00.000-04:002008-03-27T23:18:00.000-04:00But from that Duke game until tonight's game against WSU (and I'm sure beyond), the officials definitely seem to have been treating Tyler differently. <BR/><BR/>My Duke friends think that Tyler was constantly "wriggling" into calls by moving to the basket with strong body movement that makes it *look* like he's being pulled on. (I think that this opinion is a bit exaggerated but not totally undeniable.) But now even some of the most blatant foul calls are not going Tyler's way, like they're making up for the previous overabundance of calls. <BR/><BR/>Call it conspiracy but I would bet that Tyler's trips to the free throw line are significantly less on average over these games (ACC & NCAA tourneys) than they were over the season--even if you count the 2nd Duke game into that average!Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904126433483790761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193415216281464600.post-16503783454289911212008-03-10T11:18:12.414-04:002008-03-10T11:18:12.414-04:00We didn't mean to insinuate that Duke got foul calls and UNC didn't. Nobody got foul calls. They just didn't call ANY. -- TAHTAHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193415216281464600.post-50775667690399151692008-03-10T05:58:00.000-04:002008-03-10T05:58:00.000-04:00You are surprised that Duke was not called for fouling Hansbrough at home? When has Dukle ever been called for fouling anyone at home?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193415216281464600.post-31086350177126122462008-03-09T15:58:00.000-04:002008-03-09T15:58:00.000-04:00Even thought I am highly biased (a rabid UNC fan), I thought that the "no-calls" were consistent throught the second half of the game. Fouls were called a lot closer in the first half, but I don't think that either team got a significant advantage with the way that it was called in the second.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com