It took me about 10 replays to finally see that the call was wrong. These referees are supposed to be pros so they should get it right, but in college the travel gets called a lot more than the carry which rarely gets called. In the NBA neither exist anymore. When I saw it live something definitely looked wrong. I think the referee initially wanted to call a charge b/c Ray lowered his shoulder, but not enough contact was made though it did cause a slight hesitation in Ray's step so instead he called a travel which on initial review looked like the right call. I was rooting for UNC so I may have seen it through biased eyes. I wanted Villanova to win about as much as I want to send my kid to Iona. -- Fordham Rams Basketball Message Board

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Date Posted: Sat March 26, 2005 11:21:23
Author: J�Dete93
Subject: It took me about 10 replays to finally see that the call was wrong. These referees are supposed to be pros so they should get it right, but in college the travel gets called a lot more than the carry which rarely gets called. In the NBA neither exist anymore. When I saw it live something definitely looked wrong. I think the referee initially wanted to call a charge b/c Ray lowered his shoulder, but not enough contact was made though it did cause a slight hesitation in Ray's step so instead he called a travel which on initial review looked like the right call. I was rooting for UNC so I may have seen it through biased eyes. I wanted Villanova to win about as much as I want to send my kid to Iona.
In reply to: Ram It '66 's message, "'Nova got jobbed on a controversial traveling call with 9 seconds left....ALAS POOR 'NOVA..." on Sat March 26, 2005 00:25:37

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My first instinct thought that it was a travel. It wasn't until the various replays that it looked to me like the wrong call was made. The one thing I couldn't understand was Rafferty continually siding with the call when the replay showed it was questionable at best. (NT) -- J92, Sat March 26, 2005 13:23:21
Curiosity... why do you guys dislike Nova so much? -- Novafan, Tue March 29, 2005 17:36:53

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