ARK/LSU

[Nevadaref]

Here's another interesting officiating situation from this past week.
Poor communication seems to have been the big issue.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=1972445

I do believe that this is incorrect though:

"Under SEC rules, the play could not be reviewed with 1.8 seconds left because the officials had to wait until the next dead-ball situation at which a substitution would be allowed. While made baskets do stop the clock in the final minute of the game, the breaks are not considered dead-ball situations, Peevy said."

I agree that subs are not allowed, but it is certainly a dead ball and the play could have been looked at right then, but doesn't have to be.

[Mark Dexter]

My only thought is that the SEC has its own 'in-house' guidelines for when to go to the monitor in a situation like that. They very well might not want to delay a close game with 2 seconds left (although it would obviously put one team at a disadvantage - imagine a situation where team A puts up a 2 thinking they've tied the game and then they find out that they lost by one. Ouch.)

[SamIAm]

Presuming the article is correct, the rule seems to state that they can only review the try at a dead ball in which substitute are allowed to enter the game, not any dead ball. Therefore the officials could not review according to the rule.