It was a foul
From the replay, it looks like the Baylor player ran from out-of-bounds right into Tenn player, knocking her down. How is this incidental contact that doesn't confer an advantage?
I think if there is displacement there is a foul, no matter how much time is on the clock. Wasn't this one of the points of emphasis last year?
For those who think this is a lousy way to end a game, the players should listen to their coaches, who are shouting "don't foul", "don't foul" the whole time, and the crowd, who is counting down the seconds. There was no reason for the Baylor player to be running after the loose ball like that with so little time on the clock and Tennessee in the bonus.
Let the players decide the game? They did. One player committed a foul, and the other player made the free throws.
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