I watched this game last night and replayed it over & over. Just watched it again on SC & replayed it over and over. The clock did stop but begs the question why?

A couple of points.....

This play is a "SHALL" court-side monitor play. The officials have to go to the monitor to determine if the foul happened before the expiration of time. When @ the monitor hes asking for camera angles of the in question play. He's telling the truck to get him the play from every angle available. Most importantly when the contact happened he would have them pause the frame and look @ the time. The time is superimposed @ the bottom of the court-side monitor screen.

Unless the officials knew there was a timing error they wouldn't be looking for that @ the monitor. When he gets the play and pulls it up he's having the truck step it forward frame by frame until he sees the foul and then pauses the frame and checks the time. If it showed .2 then he did the right thing from the information given to him.

Could he have seen that the clock did stop? Sure if that was what he was looking for. He didn't know it stopped so I'm sure his conversation to the replay personnel was all in regards to finding the frames that showed the contact while checking the time that was on the clock when the contact happened.

If he did see that the clock stopped prematurely then he can from the court-side monitor by rule, reconstruct the play and if possible use the stop watch @ the table to try, if possible, to get the time correct if he knew.

I watched the game live and didn't know the clock stopped until after SC replayed it several times. Imagine the "R" going to the monitor and looking @ the play. He probably sees most of it in fast forward until he gets to the play with the contact. Unless he knows theirs a clock malfunction then why would he be looking for anything else? His purpose @ the monitor was to see when the foul occurred and if their was time on the clock. When the contact happened their was .2 on the clock. Unbeknown to him the clock had stopped prematurely.

BTW...Some one said that the contact should've been ignored since the Tennessee player jumped back into the defender. Right!!! If you don't think this play was a foul then I don't know what would be. She pulled her down from the backside.

The officials didn't screw anybody nor are they @ fault for not knowing the clock stopped and started. None of the officials are looking @ the clock @ this point in the game. The clock had been running after the last dead ball. No reason to look @ it again until there's a whistle. Unless someone points out that the clock stopped then started then they wouldn't have any reason to believe they had a problem. They handled this by the book on the information they were given.

Keep in mind that they aren't getting the same look that we are getting @ home. They might get the same view but its not on a big color screen TV. They are reviewing the play on a small 8-10" screen while giving specific instruction on what they want to see & only looking @ that information.

I've seen the replay now numerous times and I'm on board with Rut and the rest. Was watching in a bar last night after my 6PM varsity game (I wish they played more at 6PM) and didn't see the controversy, only the foul (which I would still expect the C to get as well as the L and even the T -- at that point, all eyes should be on the ball, but that's a discussion for another thread, I suppose).

Regardless, I'm happy. Of course, I spent 3 years in a graduate program at UT-Knoxville. :)

[QUOTE=cford]
For those saying that the C had a whistle. The C could NOT have had a whistle because the foul had not yet occurred! The clock stopped before any contact on a foul occurred. Was it the timer? Was it a malfunction?

IMO, when it was all said this is what they went with.

[QUOTE=truerookie]
As Hawk Harrelson, White Sox announcer would say, "This ball game is ovah!"

Wow.

[QUOTE=Gimlet25id]The officials didn't screw anybody nor are they @ fault for not knowing the clock stopped and started. None of the officials are looking @ the clock @ this point in the game. The clock had been running after the last dead ball. No reason to look @ it again until there's a whistle. Unless someone points out that the clock stopped then started then they wouldn't have any reason to believe they had a problem. They handled this by the book on the information they were given.

So, let me make sure that I undrstand this correctly. It's no officials responsibility to see if the clock start or stop properly in a game of this magnatude and the score close correct? Because (1) we have the PTS (2) we have the monitor. It's the C responsible to watch the clock in Women's.

Do you want to rephrase that statement?

[QUOTE=truerookie]That coupled with the fact that Stringer and her assistants are screaming at the top of their lungs that the clock was stopped before the foul should've at least put a thought in their head to maybe look to see if the clock malfunctioned.

[QUOTE=JoeTheRef]You know this how? I read her interview and that not what she said.

No I don't want to rephrase. You should go back & read what I said again...

Once the clock starts their is no reason to look @ it again to make sure it continues to run. Generally the times you look @ the clock is when there is a change of possession, whistle, and during PTS games after you hit the button.

Well put, Gimlet. I agree there's NO WAY I'm watching the clock on any last second plays in the paint. And I totally agree they were not likely aware or looking for the stoppage of clock during the review.

Too bad there's no protest process like the NBA, as this would easily be one that should be overturned.

You might consider rephrasing your statement!! It's not the responsibility of the "C" to watch the CLOCK. It's C's responsibility to count or cancel the basket. You very well can't do that if your watching the clock.

You better watch the clock or try to watch the clock. What was the trail doing? If you do not watch the clock you might have people all over the media claiming you did the wrong thing. And they had an opportunity to correct the mistake when looking at the monitor.

Peace

Rut...Why would you try and watch the clock? We shouldn't have to do that. We have the LED lights, the horn and in this game the monitor. No reason to look @ the clock again until there is a whistle or the final horn. Who cares what the media says. Center will make the call on the last second shot in relation to the LED lights or horn.

Trail has to referee the backside of this play in the paint not watch the clock. Like I said before they would've had to know that the clock was running, stopped prematurely, & started again in order to know to look for that on the monitor review.

And late in the game when the score is close and the possiblity of a foul may occur.