Jon Scheyer’s Busy Day at Virginia Tech
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It was a busy day for the Scheyer face in Blacksburg, VA, when Duke traveled — Scheyer too — to Virginia Tech, looking for another road win. The Blue Devils got the victory, 72-65, but it was not without some controversy. First, there was the elbow-to-the-throat incident that went uncalled or, apparently, unnoticed until the highlights started making the rounds. Then, with Duke up by three points with under 30 seconds to play, the traveling wizard who allows Duke players to blatantly walk with no repercussions showed his head again.
Jon Scheyer was the center of that attention, too.
That’s about six steps right there. In fact, it looked like Scheyer was doing the ‘Electric Slide’ instead of pivoting on his plant foot. If I’m not mistaken, there was a hop, a skip, and a jump during Scheyer’s travels. As indicated, Duke won the game, their fourth in a row. However, one has to wonder what might have happened if the correct call was made during Scheyer’s Travels. Down by three with the ball? I think most coaches with a team that’s fighting for their tournament lives would love a shot at such a scenario.
Unfortunately, another piss-poor interpretation of the traveling rule was on display. Perhaps it was to make up for the uncalled elbow to the face.
im sick of this shit,i dont care if its duke or uk,call the walk or just remove the RULE.
It makes you wonder what it does take to get a traveling call. But man, they sure do call the palming violation a lot.
i understand a pivot foot sliding here and there and not getting called but the man did a 360 right before the time out was granted,are the refs just scabs and no one has told us,refs get their intelligence insulted on a nightly basis(paul pierce) but maybe i have given them too much benefit of the doubt
Evidently, K incorporates the Electric Slide dance when he teaches dribbling and pivot drills. No other explanation. And the NBA doesn’t even deserve a mention. There are so many different sets of rule books depending the player, situation, and game (regular season or playoff, playoff or final), it’s impossible to keep up.
That…is…RIDICULOUS. I don’t even know how to respond to that one. Obviously I can’t stand dUKe anyway but…wow. This year I have seen more walks, continuations, and palmings of the ball than I have ever seen but that just defies logic. Even Spock would be outraged. Rob, I feel ya brah. This is getting way out of hand. I don’t know if these refs are getting overworked or what but this shit has got to stop.
As far as the elbow… I didn’t see a thing
Just kidding. That should’ve been an ejection. No question. Stupid.
i wish he would have elbowed rick mahorn
Elbowed BY Rich Mahorn or simply elbowed? Both would have intentionally hilarious repercussions, but for opposite reasons.