Face guarding

[jgeorge322]

Is it legal? I am no rules expert but I always heard it was not allowed. There were multiple times yesterday when the Auburn defender had his hand right in front of buddy’s face when buddy had the ball.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Is it legal? I am no rules expert but I always heard it was not allowed. There were multiple times yesterday when the Auburn defender had his hand right in front of buddy’s face when buddy had the ball.

If it wasn’t legal once in my life i think I’d have heard a foul for someone doing it.. never heard an illegal D called in college

 

[tptcuse]

Is it legal? I am no rules expert but I always heard it was not allowed. There were multiple times yesterday when the Auburn defender had his hand right in front of buddy’s face when buddy had the ball.

If it isn't legal, that was pretty blatant yesterday.

 

[jgeorge322]

If it wasn’t legal once in my life i think I’d have heard a foul for someone doing it.. never heard an illegal D called in college

Ya ive never seen it called before either but i dont often see it as clearly as i saw yesterday. I mean the defender was basically face palming buddy

 

[dasher]

Is it legal? I am no rules expert but I always heard it was not allowed. There were multiple times yesterday when the Auburn defender had his hand right in front of buddy’s face when buddy had the ball.

Isn't that what you are suppose to do? You know, put a hand in his face????

 

[djcon57]

Is it legal? I am no rules expert but I always heard it was not allowed. There were multiple times yesterday when the Auburn defender had his hand right in front of buddy’s face when buddy had the ball.

I think you might be thinking of hand checks

 

[81South]

I officiate high school girls and we use women’s NCAA rule book…..face guarding is a violation.

 

[jgeorge322]

I officiate high school girls and we use women’s NCAA rule book…..face guarding is a violation.

Interesting. Thats what I thought. I figure they let it slide most of the time but Auburn was doing was blatant.

 

[jgeorge322]

81South
dasher

I looked it up and its actually a technical foul. Someone should mention this to staff.

Section 4. Class B Technical Infractions
Art.1. Atechnicalfoulshallbeassessedtoaplayerorasubstituteforthefollowing infractions:
a� Purposely obstructing an opponent’s vision by waving or placing hand(s) near his eyes

https://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/BR21.pdf

 

[jgeorge322]

I think you might be thinking of hand checks

See above. Eye guarding is a technical foul.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Buddy should have head butted the guys hand.

 

[81South]

81South
dasher

I looked it up and its actually a technical foul. Someone should mention this to staff.

Section 4. Class B Technical Infractions
Art.1. Atechnicalfoulshallbeassessedtoaplayerorasubstituteforthefollowing infractions:
a� Purposely obstructing an opponent’s vision by waving or placing hand(s) near his eyes

https://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/BR21.pdf

My guess is that the staff knows the rule. They need to alert the officials to it if it’s being missed.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

My guess is that the staff knows the rule. They need to alert the officials to it if it’s being missed.

They just had their “safe space “ violated by Smith when he taunted the bench . How could they be expected to function ?

 

[Col. Bleep]

81South
dasher

I looked it up and its actually a technical foul. Someone should mention this to staff.

Section 4. Class B Technical Infractions
Art.1. Atechnicalfoulshallbeassessedtoaplayerorasubstituteforthefollowing infractions:
a� Purposely obstructing an opponent’s vision by waving or placing hand(s) near his eyes

https://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/BR21.pdf

But isn't there a difference between fronting someone with your back towards the ball and sticking your hands near the opponents eyes?

 

[jgeorge322]

But isn't there a difference between fronting someone with your back towards the ball and sticking your hands near the opponents eyes?

For sure, i was talking about a few times where buddy was squared up and the defender was clearly purposely trying to block buddy’s vision

 

[tptcuse]

For sure, i was talking about a few times where buddy was squared up and the defender was clearly purposely trying to block buddy’s vision

There was one where he drove in from the free throw line and it looked like the defender was palming Buddy's head.

 

[sufandu]

Isn't there an easy solution? Swing your arm up into his hand in the process of a jump shot. When guys foul out and you're shooting 3 free throws at a time, guys will stop.

I remember Julius Hodge doing that to Shumpert in 2001-02, even touching his forehead at times, when we played NC State. He may have actually poked him in the eye once.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Pitt took this to its peak about 10 years ago when they were actually plucking the eyes out of peoples heads.

 

[TinyManInside]

Pitt took this to its peak about 10 years ago when they were actually plucking the eyes out of peoples heads.

This made me laugh out loud. As Fat Tony would say "It's funny, because it's true".