Tennessee--Rutgers ending--Women's Game

[cmathews]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Each official has a little radio box on their hip which is attached to a mini microphone on a lanyard. You can only use a Fox 40 whistle (or at least that is all you could use) and every time an official blows the whistle, the clock should stop. The little box also has a button on the device so you can start the clock. And there is a device at the scorer's table that is connected to the devices on the official's hip. The timer has the same device or buttons they have on any other timing device. And they have to stop the clock for under a minute after a made basket. I can tell you the official have no say in that stoppage at all unless there is a whistle blown. So this idea that only the officials stop the clock is not correct.

Peace

I had an interesting conversation today concerning this play. While this explanation doesn't make it right it makes it understandable. As Rut stated the precision timing wasn't stopped and started by an official on the floor, just not plausible. However with the clock operator stopping the clock in the last minute, is there a possibility that when Parker takes her shot, the clock operator is anticipating it going in..And everyone here has anticipated a call before...so with anticipation the operator shuts it down...then realizes it didn't go through, and that it was turned off and voila, turns it back on again....with what we know is acceptable lag time or used to be acceptable lag time that would account for about a second or a little more, to anticipate, shut it down, realize, and turn it back on....it not only is a reasonable expalanation, but also, maybe instead of homering someone this clock operator is trying to make sure to get it shut down for Rutgers to have some time left....only um...the shot didn't go in...anyway...hack away...