The Mountain West Conference released a statement Thursday that league officials stand by the referees’ controversial decision to wave off the game-winning bank shot by Boise State guard James Webb III in Wednesday night’s game between the Broncos and CSU.
With just 0.8 seconds remaining in the first overtime period, Webb caught the ball on an inbound pass from Anthony Drmic and launched a 3-pointer off the glass and into the net, seemingly releasing the ball before time expired.
But after game officials reviewed the play with the replay system’s built-in stopwatch overlay, they determined the game clock did not start right when Webb caught the ball.