I've had players jostle for throw-in positions in games I've officiated. I immediately close in to to address it and try to prevent something like this from happening. This is one example why the NFHS made dead ball officiating a POE a few years ago. I'd think NCAA expects its officials to remain alert on dead balls as well.
As for the the video, I can't help wondering what the C was doing or observing that she didn't react until the jostling turned into pushing and shoving. I agree with baller99 that the L may have been able to come in and address this when the C missed it. While I'm unfamiliar with NCAA mechanics, he only had two players in his area, leading me to think he could have extended his coverage and seen what was going on and done something, even if was to make sure the two players in his area didn't participate in the fight.
While nobody appeared to watch the benches, and the camera angle isn't conducive for seeing how many people from each bench left the area, my hypothesis is that each team would have played the final seconds with less than five players if the game could continue by rule.
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Last edited by Stat-Man; Fri Dec 22, 2017 at 04:48pm.
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