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from tidesports.com.....
BREAKING NEWS: Officials reprimanded for Alabama womens basketball rulling
By Tommy Deas
Sports Reporter
March 07, 2005
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The officiating crew that handled the controversial finish of the University of Alabamas loss to top-ranked LSU in the SEC Womens Basketball Tournament has been reprimanded, but not for changing Alabamas game-tying 3-pointer into a two-point bucket.
Bill Stokes, the SECs coordinator of womens basketball officials, said Monday that the crew of Brian Enterline, Yvette McKinney and Beverly Roberts erred by putting 5.1 seconds on the clock and replaying the end of Fridays second round game, which LSU won 60-59.
We should not have put 5.1 back on the clock, Stoke told The Tuscaloosa News. That was the only thing that was done incorrectly.
Alabama apparently tied the game at 60 with less than six seconds to go on a shot by Natasha Gamble that was ruled a three-pointer. After LSU inbounded, dribbled the length of the court and failed to get off a shot before the buzzer, officials decided to use television replay to determine whether Gambles foot was on the 3-piont line. After looking at different angles made by Fox Sport Souths television equipment, the crew ruled the Gambles basket was a two-pointer, then replayed the final 5.1 seconds.
By rule, the crew could change the score but not replay part of the game.
There is a reprimand for that part of the ruling, Stokes said. The part of the ruling that changed it to a two instead of a three, there is no reprimand for that.
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Okay...so should they have gone to OT with the score being 60-59 since Alabama thought it was tied and the scoreboard showed 60-60??
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