Charges

**Freebird** · 03-09-2012, 04:13 PM

Has this been discussed here at all?
I have no stats to back this up but it seems like we get a ton of charge calls against us and hardly ever have any called against our opponents. Why the discrepancy? I really don't think it is officiating.

**3TrueFans** · 03-09-2012, 04:14 PM

Has this been discussed here at all?

Never. Not even once.

**Hawkeye11en1** · 03-09-2012, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by 3TrueFans

Never. Not even once.

Yeah, don't remember it. I mean, I didn't even realize they called charges anymore.

**Cyclonepride** · 03-09-2012, 04:15 PM

We really haven't been in position to take the charges, and there are only a few that I can remember that should have been and weren't. I think Royce just gets them because he is so big and aggressive that the refs believe a lot of the flops are real.

**Cyclone1985** · 03-09-2012, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

he is so big and aggressive that the refs believe a lot of the flops are real.

nothing better than seeing a 6'11", 280lb "man" flop down low. thats the only way to stop him, really.

**andybernard** · 03-09-2012, 04:21 PM

Ha..the one last night called on Booker I think was completely ridiculous. He had passed the ball and almost come to a complete stop and that ogre leaned into him and then flopped.

**agrabes** · 03-09-2012, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

We really haven't been in position to take the charges, and there are only a few that I can remember that should have been and weren't. I think Royce just gets them because he is so big and aggressive that the refs believe a lot of the flops are real.

I honestly feel that opponents get away with charging into Royce as well because he is so much bigger than them. A good example would be last night with maybe 5 mins left in the game J'Covan Brown rammed into Royce, Royce got knocked a step back, Brown rammed Royce again and took a shot. Royce was called for a foul. Brown definitely lowered his shoulder both times. I'm no ref, but from what I understand that meets all the technical categories of a charge.

**Cyclonepride** · 03-09-2012, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by andybernard

Ha..the one last night called on Booker I think was completely ridiculous. He had passed the ball and almost come to a complete stop and that ogre leaned into him and then flopped.

Forgot about that one. Almost as bad as Acey flopping on Scottie last game.

**Cyclone1985** · 03-09-2012, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by agrabes

I honestly feel that opponents get away with charging into Royce as well because he is so much bigger than them. A good example would be last night with maybe 5 mins left in the game J'Covan Brown rammed into Royce, Royce got knocked a step back, Brown rammed Royce again and took a shot. Royce was called for a foul. Brown definitely lowered his shoulder both times. I'm no ref, but from what I understand that meets all the technical categories of a charge.

Should have been a no call. RW did not jump and was straight up, JB was leaning/jumping forward. Clean play by RW.

I really felt, at times, like i was watching a european soccer match. I would have thought our players were ***** smacking texas by the way they were flailing their arms all night. They must have watched some Reggie Miller game film before the game.

**CycloneErik** · 03-09-2012, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Cyclone1985

nothing better than seeing a 6'11", 280lb "man" flop down low. thats the only way to stop him, really.

My favorites are the one where Scotty "launches" a 6'11" 280lb "man".
I guess he's just too much thug for the big men.

**LivntheCyLife** · 03-09-2012, 05:30 PM

IMO, this team just doesn't have a lot of quickness compared to some of the teams in the Big 12. It's a team with a lot of skilled shooters and big men who rely more on positioning and strength than athleticism. Not a lot of guys who are real fast off the dribble to go around guys or super quick to rotate and draw a charge.

**acrozier22** · 03-09-2012, 05:37 PM

I think they should remove the charge call from basketball.

**Gonzo** · 03-09-2012, 06:06 PM

It has. Turns out a few weeks before the start of every season all the MBB officials get together for a retreat to discuss and workshop all the different ways to screw over ISU basketball. Charging was at the top of this year's agenda. Good eye.

**only4cy** · 03-10-2012, 12:02 PM

A few weeks before the season starts, Gonzo and fellow Hocks get together. After they circle-jerk under the poster of Fran, they workshop all the different ways to troll ISU websites.

**cyclone1975** · 03-10-2012, 01:04 PM

If I were Royce I would be thinking "Do I want to come back for one more year of basketball in a league where every single player flops whenever I touch the ball in the lane?"