As I was watching the NCAA tournament last night, I was certainly interested in the media hype of the traveling of George Green prior to the shot that lifted Georgetown to a one point victory over Vanderbilt. The same controversy surrounded Chaz Spicer’s shot against Nevada that sent him to the line to shoot the free throws that ousted the Wolf Pack from the WAC tournament.
Kevin Hench of FOXSports.com wrote an article stipulating that there have been a number of calls that seem to be favoring the top seeded teams in the tournament. My own observance of the tournament has made me wonder why it seems that the officials will make calls on seemingly insignificant infractions, but ignore situations where bodies are flying all over the court without blowing the whistle.
Regardless, it should be remembered that in the case of the Georgetown vs. Vanderbilt game there was an additional 39 minutes played prior to the traveling of George Green. During the other 29 minutes there were numerous opportunities for the officials to make calls or miss them. The cumulative effect of these calls, or lack thereof, does not benefit one team or the other. At the end of the full 40 minutes, the team that is on top is the victor. The looser and those watching the game should be intelligent enough to realize that this is the case.
