(1) South Carolina vs (4) Mississippi | 2023 SEC Tournament: Semifinals | 3.4.23

[@Zaghzackio]

No one in the country can match South Carolinas Depth and Talent. Add in the fact they're so well coached and they're practically unbeatable

[@cliffordhill2365]

South Carolina by far is the most dominant team (women or men's) today and they will repeat as National Champs because no other team has the tools, players, coaching IQ, etc to stop them. They can literally flaunt it and there's nothing any team can do about it

[@app1mxh]

South Carolina is 32-0.

[@Dingle051554]

15:00 mark. Like a ballerina, nice comment! Stay safe.

[@Bitshitter]

07:38 - it was a correct defensive blocking foul. The Ole Miss player was not set - she was outside of the restricted area, but she quickly shifts her body to the left to move into Amihere's path to the basket. Her left foot takes a stride to the left and becomes set. But it was her RIGHT FOOT that was still sliding over to the left as the body contact was made. That was what created the blocking foul: you MUST have your feet set laterally. It's not so critical to set your feet if your movement is frontwards/backwards, if your BODY is set. The critical point here is the being SET: if you're moving forward/backwards in front of an oncoming offensive player, your feet CAN be moving as long as the foot movement doesn't dictates the torso movement. The idea here is that the foot movement doesn't impact the fact that there would be contact with the offensive player anyways, because your body is already there and is set. So there would be a charge regardless. Likewise, if you're moving LATERALLY left or right, your torso movement doesn't dictate the leg/feet movement of already being set if your legs are already there. Again, there'd STILL be contact from the oncoming offensive player. Your body FROM THE LEGS DOWN would already be set, so your torso CAN be a little late in moving over laterally, and it would STILL be called a charge. People could argue that the defensive player's body was still moving left or right, but that would NOT change the fact that said defensive player was already defensively SET, from the legs down. But in the above instance's lateral movement case, we see the legs are NOT set - the left leg takes a quick step to the left and becomes set, BUT the right leg and foot is still sliding over to the left as the body contact was made. This resulted in the overall torso and body of the defender ALSO moving laterally to the left as the contact was made. SO the lower body is NOT set, and the torso/upper body was NOT set prior to contact. And that is a textbook defensive blocking foul..... So, for a quick recap: for forward/backward movement, have the torso/upper body set in place, and the defender can get away with some foot movement. For lateral movement, have the feet/lower body set, and the defender can get away with torso movement. But when BOTH are moving, you're screwed....

[@Dingle051554]

Could you do this with pictures?

[@MrKelzKelz]

If your feet can be moving how is it determined that you are set?

[@Bitshitter]

@@MrKelzKelz Your feet can be off the floor or taking a step underneath your body, but your body is set and not moving forward or laterally, when the contact takes place. Therefore your body is determined having established defensive position on the floor, when the offensive player driving with the ball contacts you. That is an offensive charge...... Just like your feet COULD be set and fixed on the court floor prior to contact, but your body is leaning laterally - left or right - in order to make contact with the offensive player, or is still leaning forward into the offensive player when contact is made. In those instances, a defensive blocking foul can be called, because the defensive player's position is not established, and the moving or shifting location of his/her body can be deemed to be causing the contact with the offensive player, even though that defensive's player's feet are set and do not move..... Another way of describing that your position is "set" defensively prior to the contact, is that your body is within an invisible vertical tube or zone. That is the set established defensive position. If the movement of the defensive player's feet, or the movement of the defensive player's body would cause the vertical tube to shift towards the offensive player when contact is made, then that is a defensive blocking foul. But if WITHIN the vertical tube the defensive player's feet are shifting or moving, but those movements do NOT cause that vertical tube to move or shift when contact is made, then the defensive player is "set" just the same, and it is an offensive charging foul....