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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 863013, member: 289"] I can only describe what I have seen. I have not seen whatever was shown on CBS. My position in the Dome is from the third deck, behind Grant's back. I saw the Villanova player come up and hit Grant with his chest. Grant was raising the ball above the guy's head to keep it away from him and the guy suddenly flung backwards and onto the seat of his pants. It looked like a classic flop. Matt Park and Jim Salaltin were to the left of the play and would have had an excellent side view. Both were amazed at the flagrant call. They were willing to concede that there might have been a foul but couldn't believe anybody could call it flagrant, even under the rules they are using. And, while they surely want the Orange to win, they are typically very honest in their comments about plays, good and bad. I've watched the play on Orange All-Access several times, freeze framing it as it progressed. No slow-motion replay was shown and the camera was from the other side of the play from me, behind the Villanova guy. Not an ideal angle. What I can tell from it, however, is that Grant's arms were going up, not parallel to the ground and that if there was any contact, it was from his left elbow, not his right, which was closer to the defender. At worst it was a glancing and inadvertent blow and the defender's reaction was certainly exaggerated. Surely this is not what the rule was intended to prevent. It was certainly not a well officiated game. A couple of possessions before there had been a scramble for a loose ball. It wound up with five hands on it, three from Syracuse. Grant was on the ground and hand one hand on it. A nova player was kneeling next to it and had two hands on it. Ennis was standing next to it but reaching down and had two hands on it. It had been a Syracuse possession and we had the possession arrow. The refs granted Villanova a time out and declared it to be their ball. Subsequently there was a call against Keita on the other end that Salatin identified as a make-up call for something on the other end. Then there was a jump ball that was over-ruled as a foul on Gbinije, who seemed to have grabbed nothing but ball- top and bottom. Mike had gotten a jump ball on the prior possession on play where he roughly tore the ball away from the Wildcat. That may also have been a make-up call. In the first half CJ Fair got tripped up, went to the floor with the ball and passed off with no call. It was either a foul or a travel but the refs called neither. [/QUOTE]

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