Michigan State barely survived an upset bid by Florida Gulf Coast at home with a 77-77 score. However, the Spartans got some help from a breakdown in the clock operating. With 1.6 seconds left on the clock, FGCU had time to throw the ball down court and throw up a shot, but the clock went off too early.
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https://twitter.com/ashap03/status/800528071728267264
While that might look like an issue with the clock operator, apparently it could have been a reffing mistake.
https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/800532560015147008
My bad on blaming the clock operator at Michigan State — if in fact, it was a referee mistake. We’ll wait to hear from Big Ten.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) November 21, 2016
Surely FGCU would like a ruling on that and the play should have clearly been replayed and that could have easily been remedied with a review of the play and the decision to do it again.
[h/t The Spun]
