Rutgers/UConn throw-in

[womens_hoops]

Two related questions about this case:

1. Suppose a player steps out of bounds in order to get a refs attention to call a timeout. Would you count that as a violation of 9-5-2 also?

2. Putting aside the question of stepping out of bounds, what is a ref supposed to do if he blows the whistle after mistakenly believing that a player called a timeout?

Thanks in advance for responses...

I emailed the Big East director of women's officiating yesterday to see if they were going to make any statement about this. No response yet.