Midcourt Scramble

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by ranjo

Would anybody have done anything differently?

It sounds as though giving the ball back to black means that black had possession and granting white's timeout request was the error. If so, I think you handled it perfectly. I don't see any other ruling you could make. Official's error and move on.

if black didn't have the ball when the whistle went to grant the timeout request, then you might need to review some things.

PS: I guess now I know what a group of coaches is called - a "herd".