NCAA Substitution?

[Mark Dexter]

First half of game, clock is at 1:37 (running) after a made basket by team A. The ball bounces away onto the court, and the covering official sounds his whistle. There were subs at the table, but I thought I remembered a rule change this year regarding subs and inadvertent whistles, so I didn't blow the horn until the official nearest the table beckoned the players onto the court.

I asked the R before he went out for halftime, and was just plain confused by the answers I got both at the end of the half and right before the 2nd half (don't even remember them that well).

I went home and came across 3-4.5 and 3-4.6. Do these rules mean that if the official blows the whistle and stops the clock (except an inadvertent whistle/timer's mistake) at any point in the game, that subs may come in?

BTW, Chuck (and any other folks who work NCAA in Massachussetts), do you ever work games at Williams College in Williamstown?