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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 4543490, member: 628"]
The quality of officiating in college hoops is abysmal and has been for a long time.

I'd love it if a former official could watch a video like this along with the creator and note where he's right, and where he's wrong.

For example, he points out the similar bumps around the 3 minute mark -- one is called a foul on NC State, the other not on UNC.  Now, I don't know enough about the rules, or how officials are instructed to call a foul in those circumstances.  But it does seem that the NC State guy extends his arm a tiny bit more than the UNC guy on those similar bumps.

Is that enough for a call to be made?  I honestly have no clue, but it'd be fascinating to hear from someone who is trained to note those subtle differences.

Bigger picture, I think some of the problem is that there are just too many foul types in basketball.  I'm adamant about that in football as well.  Seems to me that if you cut the rulebook in half and called only the most egregious stuff, then refs would have far less impact on the game.  Of course there's a potential consequence that the game would get too physical and be really unenjoyable to watch.

But I find the ticky-tack stuff to really kill the flow, so maybe more contact would be a reasonable tradeoff?
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