Women's Hoops Blog

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Crazy finish to the Minnesota-SDSU game. Down one, SDSU made a layup at the buzzer. The refs went to the monitor and waived it off, then after getting an earful from the SDSU coach, went back to the monitor and counted it.

Video here. (It's several minutes long -- you can skip forward to 2:20 if you just want to see the final play.)

Postgame, the refs denied that they waived it off. But see the video at 3:30.

Their decision may also have been based on a rules error. The backboard light went on a moment after the clock reached 0.0. The ball was in hand at 0.0; by the time the light went on, it was probably out of her hand. The refs went by the light, but under NCAA rules, they were apparently supposed to go by the clock.

Crazy.