Auburn Ole Miss game question

[Scratch]

At the end of the game Auburn had the ball out of boundswith .07 seconds on the clock. Auburn lobbed the ball to the rim on the inbound pass. The ball didnt hit anybody untill an Ole Miss player caught the ball and threw the ball into the air. The refs then reviewed the play and decided there should be .04 seconds left on the clock and gave Ole Miss the ball out of bounds. My question is why did Ole Miss get possesion of the ball? It was there player that threw the ball into the air(presumably out of bounds) therefore ending there possession. Even if you assume the ball went straight up and down would it not be a jump ball? What am I missing about this call?

[Will Lavender]

The clock started too soon.

Abernethy grabbed the ball with time remaining, and there wasn't an Auburn player within 25 feet of him.

I suppose the refs assumed that Ole Miss would have got the ball regardless of the timing error, so they gave it to them and restarted the clock at the point when Abernethy touched the ball.

Make sense? :shock:

[Scratch]

I understand what they did. I am just confused why they did it that way. Abernathy threw the ball into the air before the whistle blew therefore ending his possesion. Yet Ole Miss was awarded the ball. I guess they are saying he wouldnt have thrown the ball into the air if he didnt think the game was over. But on that logic you could argue there would be no turnovers if a team got the ball back because they thought something would work out differently then it did.

I realize this is not an issue. I am just curious about the refs thinking on this one. Seems to me like the ball in that situation should go to the team with the possession arrow.

[Will Lavender]

Scratch wrote: I understand what they did. I am just confused why they did it that way. Abernathy threw the ball into the air before the whistle blew therefore ending his possesion. Yet Ole Miss was awarded the ball. I guess they are saying he wouldnt have thrown the ball into the air if he didnt think the game was over. But on that logic you could argue there would be no turnovers if a team got the ball back because they thought something would work out differently then it did.

I realize this is not an issue. I am just curious about the refs thinking on this one. Seems to me like the ball in that situation should go to the team with the possession arrow.

He threw the ball in the air after the buzzer sounded.

But that had nothing to do with the decision to give Ole Miss the ball.

The clock shoudn't have started when it hit the rim; it should have started when Abernethy touched it. Abernethy heard the horn and then he tossed the ball in the air.

The play was dead once the clock started before anyone touched the ball. Abernethy could have walked over and slammed it in Jeff Lebo's ear and it wouldn't have mattered: it's still Ole Miss's ball because they were in position to rebound it and they did rebound it. To leave it up to a chance jump-ball would be to punish a team for a clock error.

Only Duke gets them kinda breaks.

[UK Lola]

My understanding is that the clock operator started the clock too early, and that the horn sounded - which prompted Abernethy to throw the ball into the air.

[Scratch]

Ahh ok thanks. I didnt think the horn had sounded. That makes alot more since.

I was splitting hairs anyway but thanks for the clear up.

[Wildcat Larry]

This has nothing to do with the end of the game, but I thought Lebo really dropped the ball by not calling a timeout when his team came flying down the floor out of control with a 3 point lead and 54 seconds on the clock. Not only did he not call a timeout then, he didn't after Ole Miss tied it up from the resulting turnover.

Yep, the AU players had a meltdown at the end, but Lebo forgot to coach, too. :shrug: