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With second to go and a tying basket made the normal assumption on a whistle is a timeout by the team gaining the ball.

The officials blew this one big time, not because they missed it, which we all do at times, but because one of them failed to acknowledge what he did, when it happened and let the players decide the game.

All it would have taken was a conference by the officials, one admitting what he had done and give the ball to New Mexico for the throw in with no technical.

This did not happen and the official recevied what he derserved.

Mistakes happen and as officials we need to step up and admit to them and not allow egos to get in the way of the game.