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Originally posted by Nevadaref
After the ball popped out of the basket, Michigan State's Paul Davis grabbed the rebound. At this time one of the officials blew his whistle and stopped play. The three officials huddled and then the R went over to the table where he had a brief word with the table crew and both coaches. Finally, he gave the no basket signal and play was resumed with a throw-in by Michigan State from the endline in the backcourt, POI in other words.
Why was the whistle blown at all? I can only surmise that this official wasn't sure if they should be counting a goal or not and wanted to get it straight right then.
There really is no reason for a stoppage.
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As a guess,I would say they stopped play to make absolutely sure that the scorer knew not to count the basket on that play. Not a bad idea imo.