UD leads VCU 68-64 with 3:33 left in the 2nd half. As John Crosby crosses midcourt against a very effective 1-3-1 trap vs VCU, he splits 2 defenders and fires off a cross court pass to a nervous and jittery Jordan Davis. A split second before JDavis receives the ball, it is clearly tipped by a VCU defender, causing it to glance off JDavis' shoulder and bounce into the backcourt. As lead referee Clayton Valentine signals to the crowd that the ball was tipped, Crosby hustles to the ball and, without defensive pressure, picks up the ball and - once again - brings the ball up court with Clayton Valentine restarting the 10-second count.
But wait! From across the court, center ref Edwin DNutz blows his whistle loudly, runs to midcourt, and while throwing his arm back and forth over the midcourt line, signals 'over-and-back', awarding the ball to VCU. Meanwhile, lead official Rollo DeMayo checks out the VCU cheerleaders with disgust.
Dayton coach Anthony Grant explodes off the bench screaming in disbelief and chews out ref DNutz that not only isn't it his call, but it's the wrong call since VCU touched the ball first. Acknowledging that VCU touched the ball in the front court, ref DNutz calmly tells Coach Grant that VCU touching the ball doesn't matter since they never controlled it and, therefore, the ball was still in UD's possession at the time they knocked it into the backcourt....thus, by definition, it's over-and-back.
As referees Edwin DNutz, Clayton Valentine and Rollo DeMayo huddle at midcourt to discuss the situation, you have 30 seconds to Make-the-Call!
