Arizona does not "officially" recognize protests, but they will listen to them.
Officials are advised to handle a valid (rule misinterpretation) protest in the usual way...ie, write the information in the scorebook, etc.
As far as I know, the only thing that even came close to being recognized was a situation in a state semi-final a few years ago.
It was a one point ball game with less than 10 seconds left. Team A, who was to inbound the ball, called a timeout. When the ball was put back in play, Team B had six players on the floor. The officials allowed the ball to be inbounded and the remainder of the game to be played with the six B players on the floor. Team A missed their last second shot and later demanded that a T be assessed and the game resumed from the end of the timeout. The state denied the request.
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