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Here's the NCAA A/R. It's not quite what was claimed:
A.R. 45. With two 10ths of a second remaining in a period on the game clock, Team A is
awarded a throw-in at the division line. A1 passes the ball to A2 who (a) catches the ball
with both hands while in the air and throws the ball into his or her basket or (b) does not
catch the ball but taps it into the basket. In both (a) and (b), the ball is in the air on the
way to the basket when the game-ending horn sounds. RULING: In (a), when the game
clock displays three 10ths of a second or less and play is to be resumed by a throw-in or
a free throw, a player may not gain possession of the ball and try for goal. When this situation
occurs, the official shall blow his/her whistle and the period is over, unless a flagrant
personal foul or intentional personal foul was committed on the play. Whether the
try for goal was successfully attempted before the expiration of time is inconsequential.
In (b), when the player does not possess (catch) the ball but taps it into the basket before
the period-ending horn sounds, the official shall use replay equipment, videotape or television
monitoring, when available and located at courtside, to ascertain whether the tap
(try) that will determine the outcome of the game was released before the sounding of
the period-ending horn. When, in using the monitor, the official determines that the successful
try was a catch (the player possessed the ball), the official shall cancel the goal
since it was erroneously counted and can be corrected per Rule 2-11.1.c.
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