Marcus Smart shove - OK State/Texas Tech (Video)

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

From an ESPN report on the game:

Big 12 coordinator of officials Curtis Shaw told ESPN that the officials don't have jurisdiction to eject a player who is involved in an altercation with a fan.

"There is no precedent for that," Shaw said. "Our rules are for flagrant (foul) 1 or 2. We don't have grounds for dealing with a fan. We don't have a rule to get involved when the player is involved with a fan. We don't know what was said. The official, Doug Sirmons, didn't know what was said."

Shaw said anything involving a fan is up to the host school.

"That's up to the security of the home team and the conference," Shaw said. "We've never had a fan with a player incident before."

I have to wonder what earned the T then. Judging by the timing, it's something he said to the ref.

[dahoopref]

Originally Posted by Adam

I have to wonder what earned the T then. Judging by the timing, it's something he said to the ref.

Just perusing the rule book, trying to find something that might fit:

Rule 10 Sec 3 Art. 1 c - inciting undesirable crowd reaction.

I find it interesting that fighting does NOT specifically state it has to involve 2 players against EACH OTHER.

Rule 10 Sec 5 Art. 2. - A fight is a confrontation involving one or more players, coaches or other team personnel wherein (but not limited to) a fist, hand, arm, foot, knee or leg is used to combatively strike the other individual.