Problem is guys are rewarded more for doing that than they are for challenging the offensive player, so they've mostly stopped trying. You are more likely to just draw a charge by standing in front of a guy, than you are not getting called for trying to defend him. Refs seemingly have no idea that most of the time an airborne challenge in the lane is the defender going straight up, and the offensive player going into him. So why not just stand there and act like you got shot with a cannon? That's the call they'll give you. Makes for unpleasant basketball. Nothing but 3 point shots and free throws.
So this is not to defend Davison, because he needs too cool it, even if it works.
But I find it odd that we count all offensive fouls as "charges." I feel like there's three real categories.
True "charge" - Offensive player is coming in, defender beats him to the spot, he's mostly out of control. Clearly this is abused by guys sliding in, and Brad did that at least once
The shoulder drop - This is when an offensive player drops a shoulder to clear space. It's probably more legit than the first, but ends with some "fired out of a cannon" moments
The forearm push off - Offensive player uses the forearm to clear space. These are the easiest to call. There's sometimes some exaggeration, but I always felt like this was less a "charge" because it's mostly on the offensive player. In any case, that might just be my distinction.
Anyway, not a pretty UW win, but maybe NC State will be good.
