Sometimes during the off-season, you'll hear about how there will be some points of emphasis for officiating in the coming season. Has anything come out like that for the upcoming college bball season?
I was hoping we'd hear about "freedom of movement" regaining some momentum, as I really thought last year was the sloppiest and most physical season of college bball I've seen since like 2010. What was frustrating was that some of it was just junior high slop being allowed - like placing two hands on a guy and getting away with it. The B1G was bad per usual, but it was awful across all of college basketball, and some of the Big 12 games were borderline comical (Texas, Texas Tech, etc.).
I don't like Bilas, but will give him credit for really talking this issue up last season. I believe his position was that illegal physical defense has not just crept back into the college game, but was a feature of college defenses (see: IU last season)...and he's right on. It has to get cleaned up imo.
Anyways...have any points of emphasis come out for the this season?
I was hoping we'd hear about "freedom of movement" regaining some momentum, as I really thought last year was the sloppiest and most physical season of college bball I've seen since like 2010. What was frustrating was that some of it was just junior high slop being allowed - like placing two hands on a guy and getting away with it. The B1G was bad per usual, but it was awful across all of college basketball, and some of the Big 12 games were borderline comical (Texas, Texas Tech, etc.).
I don't like Bilas, but will give him credit for really talking this issue up last season. I believe his position was that illegal physical defense has not just crept back into the college game, but was a feature of college defenses (see: IU last season)...and he's right on. It has to get cleaned up imo.
Anyways...have any points of emphasis come out for the this season?
