Spirit of the rules

[JRutledge]

I have one we can all talk about.

During the West Coast Conference Tournament Championship, Gonzaga was playing Santa Clara (I believe but not 100% sure) a few nights ago. With about 2 seconds on the clock Santa Clara was down by 3 points and had the ball. Of course Santa Clara needed a 3 to send the game into overtime and had the ball at half court.

I just wanted to set the picture for you because all is not terribly important. Santa Clara did not convert the 3 point attempt and Gonzaga won the game and a bid to the NCAA tournament. Right after it was clear that Gonzaga won, one of the players on the court from Gonzaga jumped up on the rim and pulled himself up and was hanging on the rim. I have no clue if the officials saw this or if anything would have been done by them anyway. But my question to everyone, according to at least NF rules, you could legally call a T but not shoot the FT's because it would not affect the outcome of the game. But if the point total was 2 or less, would any of you here call a T if you saw it, or would you ignore it and why?