Shot Clock Situation

[rockyroad]

Second game of the season...home team has ball at their end, passing it around...shot clock winding down, and A4 tries crosscourt pass along baseline. Pass is a very bad one, but definitely a pass - it hits bottom of rim, deflects straight down, is tapped around a few times and then shot clock horn sounds. I call the violation - home coach wants to know why the clock wasn't reset, so I tell him it has to be a "try" to reset...at halftime, partner tries to tell me how wrong I was about that...what do the esteemed minds of this board think???