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I've had a few of these situations in my college games.
Horn sounds while the ball is in flight, doesn't get iron, defense secures rebound, and no one blows except me.
I had to look up the rule once to make sure I wasn't crazy. One time I asked my partners in the dressing room, "That ball didn't hit the rim, right?"
"No."
"So it's a shot clock violation."
"Yes, technically."
I guess there are some MSU officials out there who won't blow this play dead and maybe some assigners want that, but any crew I am on we will have a whistle for a shot clock violation. It's not a game interrupter - what if you don't blow and the player who got the rebound has the ball snatched away from him before he can fully "secure" the ball?
I have not had this be an issue more often than not though.
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