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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
That's not an inadvertant/accidental whistle, but simply an early whistle.
The NCAA actually has a definition of an inadvertant whistle - when the official blows the whistle when there is no call to make. Fed. doesn't have that specific definition, but I don't think there would be many who would argue that would apply here. In your OOB example, there is a call to make - it was just made early. However, if you see the players stop playing when there was a chance of someone saving the ball, then, yes, it would be an accidental whistle and the ball would go back to the team last in control.
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Oh really? Where is that defined? At the time the whistle has blown, there had not yet been a violation. That is an inadvertant whistle.
Let's assume you're correct for the moment. For the OP, that would then lead us to the conclusion that the official was just blowing the whistle early for a backcourt violation and still give it to the other team.