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Rule 15.2.a and the state of officials in college basketball

I need to start this with a caveat. I’m aware that Xavier played horribly on Friday. They were trash in almost every facet of the game against a team that is horrible. Butler is going nowhere, Thad Matta isn’t the guy, they’re a mostly irrelevant program. Xavier lost to them because Xavier was bad at basketball.

None of that excuses the officiating at the end of the game. There are three (maybe four) people at the game paid, and paid very well, to make sure that the rules of the game are interpreted correctly and applied when it matters the very most.