SPIKE - YOU KNOW WHY!!

As the great Bill Walton would say, "what agilityyyyyyyyyy"

Make Kate drool!

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Not related to that play but all I will remember from this game for him was that miserable in bounds pass

he and the rest of the team thereupon soiled their drawers in the worst possible fashion.  

I wasn't able to watch the game. Glad I clicked on this thread. Now I know why.

Hell of a play by Spike.

Anyone else think this was by rule a travel at first though?  It's clear he unintentionally "pushes" the ball upward while failing to collect the dribble.  But if he cradled it in that motion and launched it upward to finish the same way (no use of backboard), would it be considered an illegal "self-pass" rather than just picking up a really bouncey dribble in the allowed number of steps?

I thought yes for sure but honestly the near-tautological language of the NCAA rule book didn't help.  Reviewed a few other sources that lead me to believe it varies by level and that refs are allowed discretion in judging a players intent.  You don't hear much about that in basketball other than flagrant foul situations, and judgment calls are exactly what they have tried to take OUT of the NFL.

Upshot is that I found a cool video many on the board might appreciate.  I would have expected to see a lot more of this in the NBA, given that it's legal:

as this team continues to CHOKE

with an assist on the play?

Only Spike can make the highly improbable Kate Upton shot.