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Wow, USC fouls Curry taking a shot with about 0.4 seconds left and the game tied.
Whoa. Refs decided the foul is not a foul because the illegal contact occurred after time expired. Kyle Bacon, ace ref, strikes again? So it goes to OT

I didn't see Bacon's ruling re the foul at the end of the fourth quarter.  It is hard for me to imagine any argument about whether the foul was COMMITTED (i.e. occurred) before the end of the game, only whether it was CALLED (signaled) before the end of the game.  But whether the official was slow to call it doesn't matter.

Rule 11. Section 2. Article 1. a. 3. Determine whether a foul occurred before time expired on the game clock. When replay shows that the foul occurred before time expired on the game clock, the official shall put the exact time back on the game clock as to when the foul occurred.

ADMINISTRATION: In (a), the officials shall determine when time expired by the reading of zeroes on the game clock. When the game clock is not visible, the officials shall use the red light/red LED light(s) on the backboard or the LED lights at the scorers' table. When the red light/red LED light(s) are not visible, the sounding of the game-clock horn shall be used. In (a.3), the officials shall determine when the foul occurred based on the illegal contact and not the official’s signal.

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Wow, USC fouls Curry taking a shot with about 0.4 seconds left and the game tied.
Whoa. Refs decided the foul is not a foul because the illegal contact occurred after time expired. Kyle Bacon, ace ref, strikes again? So it goes to OT

I didn't see Bacon's ruling re the foul at the end of the fourth quarter.  It is hard for me to imagine any argument about whether the foul was COMMITTED (i.e. occurred) before the end of the game, only whether it was CALLED (signaled) before the end of the game.  But whether the official was slow to call it doesn't matter.

Rule 11. Section 2. Article 1. a. 3. Determine whether a foul occurred before time expired on the game clock. When replay shows that the foul occurred before time expired on the game clock, the official shall put the exact time back on the game clock as to when the foul occurred.

ADMINISTRATION: In (a), the officials shall determine when time expired by the reading of zeroes on the game clock. When the game clock is not visible, the officials shall use the red light/red LED light(s) on the backboard or the LED lights at the scorers' table. When the red light/red LED light(s) are not visible, the sounding of the game-clock horn shall be used. In (a.3), the officials shall determine when the foul occurred based on the illegal contact and not the official’s signal.