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Big Sky Power Rankings: Week 7

weberwildcat

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Kellis Robinett Idaho Journal Blog
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Big Sky Power Rankings: Week 7Categories: Big Sky posts
Written By: krobinett
Here’s a question I’ve been wondering for a while: If Big Sky officials called every traveling violation they saw and blew their whistle every time they saw a carry, would teams in this league be able to make it through a game in less than seven hours?

My guess is no, and that’s probably why they turn a blind eye to 90 percent of those turnovers.

All of college basketball is like that. At all levels, even in the overrated Big East and the ACC, guards carry the ball when they dribble. I saw Syracuse’s Jonny Flynn palm the ball 23 straight times while trying to run clock against Georgetown the other day. So, I’m not trying to pick on the Big Sky here.

But no one in the conference knows how to properly dribble. Every guard in the league carries the ball. Jeremiah Dominguez, Kellen McCoy, Amorrow Morgan, Benny Valentine … They all do it flagrantly. While I’m at it, I’d like to point out that nobody in the Big Sky knows how to properly start a drive to the basket after receiving a pass. Everyone travels before they put the ball on the floor.

Yet, when an official has the guts to call them for doing so, they act as if they have just been robbed.

Again, I’m not trying to pick on the players here. More than anything, I’m trying to pick on the refs.

For as much as they let go, I can’t believe referees ever call carrying or traveling on a first step. Fifty out of 51 times, they let the player get away with the violation, so they keep doing it. But on that 51st time, when the ref finally does something about it, the player is enraged by the call.

I say college officials need to come up with a new criteria to spot carrying/traveling or stop calling the violation altogether.

I can’t stand the sight of another Big Sky guard lobbing the ball to the ground and moping up court after a carrying violation. It’s just too depressing.

(ALSO)

I went back and looked at Amorrow Morgan’s buzzer-beating shot from half court just before halftime against Eastern Washington, and there is no way in the solar system it took only nine-tenths of a second to shoot. I timed it several different times on replay and found that it took roughly 1.34 seconds to shoot.

He did catch the ball, take three steps, dribble and shoot, after all.

The officials made the right call with what they could see, but the game clock was started almost half a second late.

Now, on the rankings …

1. Weber State (11-1, 17-8)
If only the Wildcats hadn’t hiccuped against Montana State, they would be undefeated.

2. Montana (10-3, 16-9)
Could Thursday’s clash with Weber State be the Big Sky game of the year?

3. Portland State (8-5, 17-9)
With first place out of reach, I get the feeling that Portland State players are just going through the motions until the tournament starts.

4. Montana State (6-6, 13-11)
The Bobcats are the only team in the league to have beaten Weber State.

5. Northern Colorado (6-6, 9-17)
On a three-game winning streak thanks to playing Johnson & Wales and North Dakota last week.

6. Idaho State (6-6, 9-17)
The Bengals don’t have to worry anymore. They will make the Big Sky tournament.

7. Northern Arizona (4-9, 7-17)
The Lumberjacks fell on hard times this season. They really weren’t far off from being good.

8. Eastern Washington (5-9, 11-15)
The Eagles have some talent, just not the greatest plan of attack.

9. Sacramento State (1-12, 2-24)
Won’t win another game all season.
 

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