In Reply to: Tell me if you believe this is a foul on the three point shot posted by traprh on December 19, 2024 at 10:41:41
I think you're all (or mostly all) looking at the play wrongly. The ref blew his whistle before the OK player landed and fell awkwardly backwards. IMHO the foul had nothing to do with tripping, landing on feet, or anything else involving the lower extremities. If you look closely, when OK #30 takes the shot and his right arm is extended, you can see Michigan's #11 clearly strike the extended right arm near the elbow. I believe that's when the ref blew the whistle. In my eyes, it was correctly called a foul.
As for the push under the basket in the final moments, yes, that should have been called, but realistically refs just rarely call that, especially in a final scramble at the end of the games.