Minnesota Controversial Ending

[deecee]

You don't need training. You need common sense. Close call like this get together as a team (even if someone scored it - and for the record I think the initial call was wrong). Then make your decision.

Slow down, get the teams to their benches first and make it clear that you (officials) need to confer.

It may look bad that they left the visual confines, but they could have just been in the corner of the gym. In the end the correct call was made about 30 seconds after the initial one, and anyone that falls back to the rules I'm sure they are doing it "for the kids". Because the lesson to learn is that an unearned win is better than one that is earned, and technicalities still count as a W.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by deecee

You don't need training. You need common sense. Close call like this get together as a team (even if someone scored it - and for the record I think the initial call was wrong). Then make your decision.

Slow down, get the teams to their benches first and make it clear that you (officials) need to confer.

It may look bad that they left the visual confines, but they could have just been in the corner of the gym. In the end the correct call was made about 30 seconds after the initial one, and anyone that falls back to the rules I'm sure they are doing it "for the kids". Because the lesson to learn is that an unearned win is better than one that is earned, and technicalities still count as a W.

The didn't leave the visual confines....the corner of the gym is the visual confines.

It was clear in the video that they were there as coaches and fans were clearly watching them discuss the issue even if you can't see them directly.

Ultimately, they did it right....right procedure and right call. The only thing that would have looked better would been to have done so in the court itself, but that isn't what the rules require.

[Nevadaref]

From playing the video and repeatedly using pause, I was able to decide that the ball is clearly in the player’s hands when the clock hits 0.0, of course I can’t hear the horn. I believe that the try was late.

The C counts the goal as he is leaving the floor. It is obvious that the T has a different opinion and he stops the defending coach near the table, then comes across to his partners. Notice that it is the T who waves off the goal upon returning to the court while the C stands next to the L.

I have to wonder who the R was. My guess would be that it was the T and he knew that the try was late so changed the decision.