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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
True story. Team B leads Team A 66-62 with under 10 seconds to play. B1 scores and B2 bats the ball into the stands with less than 5 seconds remaining. The official stops the clock and retrieves the ball. He administers the throw-in and fortunately, Team A is able to inbound the ball and run out the clock. Imagine the uproar if Team B been able to force a 5 count, get the ball back, and tie the game. The game was the 1985 NCAA Men's Division 1 National Championship game, in which Villanova beat Georgetown 66-64 in one of the greatest upsets in NCAA men's basketball championship history.
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I believe that it was Patrick Ewing who batted the ball away. His great career has led to at least two NFHS rules, this one cited, and the undershirt rules. Ralph Sampson, Virginia, caused the NFHS to rule that a player can't put a hand on the backboard to gain an advantage. It was a New York Knick that led to the 0.3 second tap/shot rule. Allen Iverson made compression sleeves on the arms fashionable, and the NFHS dealt with that issue. Are there any other rules that were put in effect due to mainly one player.