EAST LANSING -- The Big Ten issued a statement today that one of the game officials -- not the school’s timekeeper -- started the clock too early during the final seconds of Michigan State’s 78-77 victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday night at the Breslin Center.
Rick Boyages, a Big Ten associate commissioner and Men’s Basketball Collegiate Officiating Consortium executive director, acknowledged the “officiating timing error” in a release.
“While the on-court officials and Michigan State timekeeper have the ability to start and stop the clock, after a complete review of the timing error on the game’s final play with 1.