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Originally posted by ronny mulkey
Hoops,
I have heard that time should not have been put back on the clock. Also, that the R in this game, Enterline, was removed from the championship game for this rules misapplication. Might hurt his NCAA tourney schedule. I think that he has done at least a Final Four game in the past.
Mulk [/B]
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Interesting -- thanks for the follow-up.
It seems to me that this was just one of those crazy situations for which there was no governing rule. I wouldn't be surprised if they added a provision in the future to make it clear.
Seems to me like they did the best they could under the circumstances. If they had just changed the score from a three to a two (and not replayed the final seconds), that would have been even worse for 'Bama. Seems like they had to resort to a little rough justice instead.
I don't know how y'all feel about this, but I actually can't fault them too much for a misapplication.
The only thing that really bothered me about it was how Enterline kept saying to the press that the foot was "clearly" on the line and they were "110 percent" sure. From what I saw on the TV replays (which I think were the same that they had on their courtside monitor), it really wasn't clear at all. Their insistence on certainty made it seem like they were trying to cover something up.
I wish they just would have said:
"One of us called it a three, one of us called it a two. LSU inbounded before we could stop play to get it straight. The monitor wasn't totally conclusive, but it looked like she was on the line, and the center position ref had a better look, so we had to go with the two. There is no rule specifically covering this situation, but we thought that the best resolution (in fact, the only fair one) was to replay the final seconds."