[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Please don't misinterpret my post by thinking that I am an advocate of the "fairness" position, but I believe that it was a necessary comment to make as there has to be a plausible reason for the officials doing what they did because during the discussion it did certainly did come up that they were technically past the point of correction because of the advancement of the ball to half court following the throw-in and prior to the time-out request.

Despite that fact, the officials still decided to award the FT.

So the D1 guys calling the tournament semifinal discussed the situation and the rules, and decided to go with what was fair instead. The part that surprises me is that you muddied up your post by including that as the reason. And yet you scold me for refusing to acknowledge blarges and making on the spot adjustments during 5th grade games.