Steal, Foul, and Altercation (Video)

[HokiePaul]

Thought the officials handled this very well -- regardless of what was called, they prevented a fight which could have easily turned into a brawl.

Immediate "intentional foul" signal and then stay with that player to prevent retalliation (exactly what was done here). Off officials then focus on preventing any further nonsense between players. I'd discuss with crew, but I think Intentional is appropriate and would not vote for Flagrant.

As was said previously, coaches attempting to prevent/break-up a fight are the least of my concerns. If, while observing players, I happen to "not notice" an assistant coach pulling one of his players back to the bench, I'm fine with that.

The only other call I'd have to consider is on the coach (assuming head coach) in the gold pants. The finger pointing and yelling at the very end of the video is probably crossing the "T" the line for me, given that he had more than enough time to make his point.

[Edit]: looking at this again, the Coach for white who comes charging across the court at ~12 seconds of the video probably needs to be issued a T as he is clearly not the HC (watching where he comes from behind the bench). While he is certainly there to break up any fight, charging off the bench like that is way different that calmly walking out to pull players back.