[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by jeschmit

Here's the sitch:

NCAA-W. Team A has the ball with 5 seconds on the shot clock. A shot goes up and misses the rim. The shot clock operator mistakenly resets the shot clock on the shot. Team A then gets an offensive rebound.

Unfortunately, the three officials failed to notice that the shot clock was reset, and after A got the rebound, A-1 was fouled by B-1 in the act of shooting. The contact was deemed enough to make it a Flagrant 1 foul. At the time the foul was called, 23 seconds was showing on the shot clock.

The officials get together and realize that there undoubtedly should have been a shot clock violation on Team A prior to the Flagrant 1 foul being called.

What should the crew have done? The way I see it there are two options: 1) Ignore the shot clock violation and award Team A two shots and the ball for the Flagrant 1 foul, or 2) ignore the Flagrant 1 foul and award Team B the ball due to the shot clock violation (with the proper time added to the game clock).

Also, just for the sake of argument... what if it was just a common foul committed by Team B, and not a Flagrant 1 foul? Would the ruling change?

The flagrant 1 foul must be penalized. Had it been merely a common foul, it would be canceled.

NCAA 2-13-2c(2)

Determine whether the shot clock malfunctioned or a timing mistake
occurred in failing to properly start, stop, set or reset the shot clock. The
malfunction or mistake may only be corrected in the shot clock period in
which it occurred. Any activity after the mistake or malfunction has been
committed and until it has been rectified shall be canceled, excluding a

flagrant 1 or 2 personal foul or any technical foul.