GIF of UK goaltending

What a sweet sweet victory that was

Yep, I said that last night. You can’t have your hand inside or on the rim while any part of the ball is within the cylinder. It’s automatic goal tending.

That is correct. I don't feel like quoting the rule book but I've read it. Not one but two Kentucky players make contact with the backboard and the rim causing it to vibrate while the ball was in or within the backboard or in or within the cylinder.

Cylinder is defined as an imaginary cylinder that extends upwards from the rim with the rim as it's lower base. If unsure about the vibration just watch the light reflection off the glass on the backboard. And yes, also by rule, bigby-williams committed basket interference. But that's moot because of the goaltending that occurred right before it. Both were missed calls but understandable at full game speed in transition.

Interesting. Where did you get that rule from? Are you sure that's out of the NCAA rulebook? What I kept reading was completely different.

The guy with his hand through the basket is not goaltending. The only questionable action there is the slap of the backboard, and that's a tough judgment call, but certainly can be called goaltending. The refs did the right thing by swallowing the whistle there.

It really shouldn't have even come down to that. UK was hand checking all night with no foul calls. On UK's last possession the refs call a ticky tack hand check to put UK at the line to tie the game. And that was after they swallowed the whistle on an over the back that allowed UK to get an offensive rebound.

Here's the rule straight from the rule book if anyone is interested:

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Art. 2. Basket interference

a. Basket interference occurs when a player:

1. Touches the ball or any part of the basket while the ball is on or within the basket;
2. Touches the ball while any part of it is within the cylinder that has the ring as its lower base;
3. Reaches through the basket from below and touches the ball before it enters the cylinder;
4. Pulls down a movable ring so that it contacts the ball before the ring returns to its original position, and
5. Causes the basket or backboard to vibrate when the ball is on or within the basket or the backboard and/or is on or in the cylinder.
b. The cylinder is the imaginary geometric figure that has the ring as its base and is formed by the upward extension of that ring.
c. The ball shall be considered to be within the basket when any part of the ball is below the cylinder and the level of the ring.
d. A player may have a hand legally in contact with the ball, when this contact continues after the ball enters the cylinder or when, during such action, the player touches or grabs the basket.

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Subpart 5 is what would have had to have been called here, and it seems that is often a judgment call that turns on whether the contact affected the shot.

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And that was after they swallowed the whistle on an over the back that allowed UK to get an offensive rebound.

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I especially like the one when Naz was thrown to the ground.

Definitely basket interference, the goal is still shaking when KBW makes his tip in.
The rule applies not based on when the goal starts shaking, but if it’s shaking when the ball makes contact with the backboard and/or rim which it definitely is.

We should have been given the basket and KY would have the ball with about .7 seconds left.