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Originally Posted by jimpiano
Apparently no one can.
The clock never started.
The Whistle blew.
And 3.1 became a two.
Short of someone with a rulebook to explain, this appears to be a classic case of over-officiating.
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Let's break this down for you piano man, nice & slow.
The ball was legally inbounded at 3.2 seconds. It touched a player B1 and then hit the court (that means it was still inbounds). The clock did not start. The ball then bounced high in the air and finally went OOB. No time came off the clock (that means 3.2 seconds still showed on the clock). NCAA rules allow the officials to use a monitor to fix timing errors. They used the monitor (and a stop watch I understand) to determine 1.1 seconds elapsed between the time the ball touched B1 and the time it went OOB.
Hopefully this clears it up for you and you can rest easy knowing that your team wasn't screwed.