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Apparently this happened at the WA state 3A Boys tournament. The following is taken directly from the Seattle P-I describing the play:

"West Valley scored on its next trip down, which led to one of the more bizarre moments of the day. As WV coach Jamie Nilles gave a hand signal for his team to press the Irish, a referee misinterpreted the call as a timeout for the Eagles before O'Dea inbounded the ball.

Nilles explained it wasn't a timeout call and the referees decided it was an inadvertent whistle. The refs then checked the possession arrow and gave the ball back to the Eagles."

Now, question is, was this the proper way to handle the situation.

I intrepret this description as WV makes a basket, before ball is inbounded, WV coach makes signal for press, confusing refs, causing the inadverant whistle.

Should the possession arrow have been used in this case?

Rule 6-3-3e states that the alternating possession should be used when: "The ball becomes dead when neither team is in control and no goal or infraction or end of a quarter or extra period is involved."

It appears that the refs thought there was no team control (4-2-6) which would appear correct. But since this followed a made basket, shouldn't they have ordered O'Dea's ball since they were inbounding after a made basket?

(Ron, or anyone else who may have witnessed this, please correct any of the above situation that may have happened differently than reported.