OT: Florida Gulf Coast Almost Pulls Off Another Miracle

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I think we all remember Florida Gulf Coast's run in last season's NCAA Tourney. They did something pretty amazing last night against USF, although they didn't have enough time.

 

 

maceo_blastin'

December 18th, 2013 at 12:12 PM ^

wish they coulda pulled it off. hope they can stay relevant without enfield. really like the idea of a high-flying mid-major that can keep up with the powers.

still remember quite fondly watching fla vs. fgcu rooting for the eagles in a state of total bliss after watching the most amazing basketball game ive ever seen...good times....

mgobaran

December 18th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^

Looked good to me! The clock (which is located perfectly for this shot) looks like it started when the ball touched the shoorters hands. But I think the rule is you need 0.4 secs to get a shot off, they had 0.3.

Is that correct?

[Edit]: Those USF shorts though....

jmblue

December 18th, 2013 at 1:18 PM ^

He only "got it off in time" because there was a lag before the timekeeper started the clock, as is normal.  It's pretty much impossible for a human being to start the clock instantaneously with the start of play.

 

 

blueblueblue

December 19th, 2013 at 8:57 AM ^

I get what you are saying - the rule is made to account for timekeeper ambiguity, in terms of starting the clock too early or too late. But another problem is that the rule is based on a false binary in that there is a tip-in and there is a shot - nothing in-between. Or, anything beyond a mere tip-in takes more than .3 seconds. I think that's unfortunate.

There's the logic of the rule, which is meant to takeaway human error, and there's the error of the rule when humans get it right. The latter is the case here. 

AAB

December 18th, 2013 at 12:26 PM ^

Here's the rule:

In any period, when the game clock displays 10ths of seconds and play is to be resumed by a throw-in or a free throw when 3/10 (.3) of a second or less remains on the game clock, a player may not gain possession of the ball and try for a field goal. Such player can only score a field goal by means of a tap of a pass or of a missed free throw.

LSAClassOf2000

December 18th, 2013 at 12:40 PM ^

The Tampa Tribune provides some background on how they got to that situation (HERE):

After USF's Anthony Collins missed the second of two free throws with 0.8 seconds remaining, FGCU called an immediate timeout. Time remaining: 0.3 seconds. Then came an incredible effort. FGCU's Jamail Jones threw a length-of-the-court baseball pass — while being guarded by 7-foot-3 Jordan Omogbehin — and Chase Fieler came off a double screen to catch it. Replays and photographs confirmed that Fieler got off a quick baseline shot before the backboard light came on.

...and this was the second overtime, folks. That shot nearly put the game into 3OT. This had to be a fun one in person. 

Tater

December 18th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^

Beating USF wouldn't exactly have qualified as a "miracle."  USF doesn't recruit talent that is much better than that of FGCU.  They usually have to rely on unranked recruits, the occasional three-star and transfers who either attended jucos or weren't satisfied with the teams they joined out of high school. 

They are a lot closer to being FGCU than they are to being, for example, UConn.

bronxblue

December 18th, 2013 at 2:07 PM ^

that's just a rough way to end a great play.  I almost think they should give the benefit of the doubt since everything is usually riding on human reaction to a whistle and and in-bound play, so that fraction of second is really due to human response time as much as some all-knowing "clock" when the play starts.

Princetonwolverine

December 19th, 2013 at 12:10 AM ^

Prior to the video clip, the refs could be clearly seen going to the FGCU coach and explain it had to be TIPPED.

What was truly amazing was the throw in. The USF player guarding the inbounder was only in for that one play and he is 7'3" and around 350lbs.

Jacoby

December 19th, 2013 at 1:50 AM ^

All these comments and no embed, so no way to see the video. At least nothing viewable from my iPhone. There is no easy way to embed when posting and people screw it up all the time. Even the special thread dedicated to how to embed video is outdated. We need some simpler instructions for those of us who are not computer programmers.



/GOML