AZ v. Ore backcourt from C

[Nevadaref]

I just watched a replay of this game. It stood out in my mind because there were two backcourt violations. You don't see that very often in a D-I mens game. Anyway, what this post is about is that the first backcourt call was absolutely correct as Oregon had the ball in the f/c and AZ knocked a pass away, which was then last touched by an OR guard before it got to the b/c and then he touched it again.
While the announcers babbled their disagreement with the call (saying that the touch by the OR guard was not control), I was watching the officials on the replay and noticed that both the C and the T were calling the violation and both were signalling. I thought that to be a bit strange.
Well, this very thing came back to bite them later as with 1:59 to go with about an 8pt lead for AZ, the C incorrectly called a b/c violation on AZ. The ball clearly bounced in the f/c and the T was standing on the division line on the opposite side of the court with a clear view and did not have a call. He also did not come talk to his partner about the call and it was not reversed.
Goes to show that the big guys goof too.

I'll also add that as AZ was dribbling out the clock at the end without any pressure from OR, the shot clock expired with .4 seconds remaining on the game clock. One official did signal the violation, but they just ended the game.
While I agree with doing this, I seem to remember the NCAA being picky about needing to call this violation and have another throw-in.

[Edited by Nevadaref on Feb 20th, 2004 at 05:58 AM]