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You need to read and accept the truth. You are wrong on this one.
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Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 08:11 PM |
MWC admits official blew whistle at end of New Mexico game
One official suspended for actions at end of New Mexico game
Patrick Ridgell
THE DAILY HERALD
Its official. It wasnt Mark Bigelows fault. Thats what the Mountain West Conference said Thursday. It issued a press release that stated an inadvertent whistle prompted Bigelow, who had fouled out, to leave the bench, run on to the floor and interfere with New Mexico player after Kevin Woodberry scored to tie BYUs Jan. 26 game in Albuquerque with 3.8 seconds to play.
Officials called a technical foul on Bigelow. New Mexicos Troy DeVries missed both free throws. On the ensuing inbound DeVries hit Danny Granger with a long pass, and Granger scored the game-winning basket.
One of the officials working the game, who the MWC would not specify, has been released from his next two assignments and banned from working the MWC tournament, March 11-13 in Denver. The officials who worked the game are Dick Cartmell, Lonnie Dixon and Bob Staffen.
BYU coach Steve Cleveland said Thursday that he thought the suspended official is scheduled to work BYUs game with New Mexico in Provo on Feb. 21, but will be reassigned.
The release said that if the officials recognized the inadvertent whistle, play would have been stopped and Bigelow would not have received a technical foul.
The Mountain West Conference expects the highest level of performance and conduct from each of its constituents, MWC commissioner Craig Thompson said in the release. These standards cannot be compromised. While this is an unfortunate situation, the game officials must be held to the same degree of accountability as the student-athletes, coaches and administrators.