Crazy officiating blunder WKU/ULL in 2012
- Thread starter Orange Soda King
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Remember it well. If you look in the bottom right corner during the play a number of WKU fans were yelling at the ref that they had 6 players but he ignored them. BTW one of the refs who missed this was Roger Ayers.
Instead of being suspended, a week later Ayers was calling a UK game vs. Tennessee in which he called a technical on Calipari from clear across the court. That's why I call him Roger "Rabbit Ears" Ayers.
Instead of being suspended, a week later Ayers was calling a UK game vs. Tennessee in which he called a technical on Calipari from clear across the court. That's why I call him Roger "Rabbit Ears" Ayers.
I believe that WKU's coach Ken McDonald was fired right after that game. I don't think Ken ever got another head coaching job. That had to be a particularly bitter way for him to lose his last game.
His wiki page says fired after that game and a lackluster 5-11 start, currently Head coaches the Austin Toros of the NBA D-League. I wonder, did the Ragin Cajun Coach call the 6 man Hi-Low screen in the huddle? They ran it to perfection.
The NCAA rulebook, Rule 10, Section 2 (Administrative Technical Fouls), Article 6:
Art. 6. A team shall not have more than five players legally on the playing court to participate after the ball becomes live.
PENALTY: (Art. 6) Penalized when the violation occurs after the ball becomes live. Two free throws awarded to the offended team. The ball shall be put back in play at the point of interruption.
The rule book assumes one of the refs can count 5, it isn't real clear on who gets possession after the 2 free throws but generally the team shooting ft's also gets the ball. It also doesn't say what to do with points scored before the technical was called during live play, say for instance one of the refs figured it out after they already scored.
If I was ref here, I would check monitor, say yea we screwed up, take points off board, WKU shoots 2 ft's then ULL gets ball with same time as before violation but with only 5 men now and trailing by how many FT's WKU hit, or still tied if 0.
Thanks! You pretty much confirmed what I thought but the concept of the refs not catching it until after the bucket didn't really enter my mind.
