Hand checking emphasis an issue so far for a lot of teams.

Submitted by Brandon_L on

Cosidering I am a football fan first I have yet to watch anything ther than highlights of Michigan Basketball so far. How are we looking with the new hand checking rules in place. It seems that many teams are struggling with this. My thought is that we will flourish as we did in the NCAA tournament. I can see lots of foul issues with a guy like Aaron Craft. This is certainly to our advantage.

 

Here is a post on the topic I came accros this morning.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/coaches-fear-controversial-rule-changes-may-result-whistle-181529872--ncaab.html 

 

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The Victors

November 7th, 2013 at 11:24 AM ^

Hate to disagree, but Louisville is not the "hand-checking" type. In fact, Rick Pitino has been the most vocal coach in changing--or enforcing--the hand-checking rule (even moreso than Beilein).

Louisville is not Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue, or Ohio State--those are the types of teams that are going to be affected the most.

We lost last year because Louisville was the better team that played better that night.

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JamieH

November 7th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^

Louisville basically held Burke the entire game.  If handchecking had been disallowed, half of Louisville's team woudl have been fouled out by halftime and we would have shot about 40 free-throws.

Louisville's entire strategy was based around having refs that didn't call obvious fouls on them.   That is why I still can't believe the game was allowed to have 2 Big East refs in it that were clearly Louisville homers.

With regular officials, I think Michigan wins that game.  WIth tight officials, like from the ACC, I think Michigan wins easily.  By drawing officials that allowed thug-Big East-style ball, it really skewed the entire game to Louisville.

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DingoBlue

November 7th, 2013 at 10:33 AM ^

But I get the impression when watching that we are getting to the foul line more often than we have been the past few years.

Honestly, I think this is a very interesting topic for a diary to compare FTA/FGA from previous seasons to this one as we get into B1G play and see if there's a difference.

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rbgoblue

November 7th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^

It will be a great benefit to skill/finesse-based teams like Michigan and Iowa, who have traditionally been hindered by the physical play in the Big ten. I immediately think of the Purdue game, which was close until the last few minutes, where Michigan's guards were constantly held coming off screens and were defended with hand checks to slow down their penetration. Michigan state will also struggle when they try to employ their "football-style" approach to rebounding, turning every rebound opportunity into a push-fest underneath.

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maizenblue92

November 7th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^

It is important for College Bball to stay with the rule change because it is in a lot of trouble if something is not done. The early struggles of the rule will lead to better long term results.

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MGoRusty

November 7th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^

If they do in fact call hand checking from now on, Craft will be lucky to make it to the first TV timeout still in the game. I've never seen a player get away with what he does, and then praised for his defense. It seems like everyone other than OSU fans see ot too.

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The Victors

November 7th, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^

Does Craft get away with physical, hand-checking defense at times? Absolutely. But let's give credit where credit is due. Aaron Craft is a terrific on-ball defender and I would still consider him the best in the nation at on-ball defense. Shannon Scott is probably the second best. Both are great at moving their feet and anticipating what the ballhandler is going to do and where he is going to go.

I personally believe Wisconsin is the biggest culprit. The only reason their slower, less-athletic wing players are able to stay in front of quicker, more-athletic wings is a direct result of hand-checking. Bo Ryan may lose his streak of top 4 finishes in the B1G as a result.

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mh277907

November 7th, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^

Gonna have to disagree with you. What makes Craft a great defender is his lateral speed and beating the ball handler to the spot. He is very fundamental in his stance with his arms out. At times, he gets overly agressive and picks up fouls with his body or for reaching in, but very rarely does he ever have his hands inside where hand checking occurs.

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Bb011

November 7th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^

That is false. You are right about him having good lateral speed and beating the ball handler to a spot well. However, he hand checks A LOT. The real question is, is it because he could get away with it? Or is it because he needs it to be a good defender? If its the former then he will be able to adapt and play well, but if its the latter, then he may be in a lot of foul trouble this year.

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Bb011

November 7th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^

This is good for a team like Michigan. We dont' tend to hand check a lot. So far this year we haven't had any troubles adapting, because there wasn't much adaptation that needed to be made.

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biakabutuka ex…

November 7th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^

"Early on, the refs will be the game, not the players," Miller said. "Refs will be operating as the evaluated people. To be honest, it's going to backfire and refs will be attacked not by coaches but by fans and TV [commentators]. They will become the bad guys."

Simple solution:

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