It turns out Tanner Holden’s game-winning buzzer-beater shouldn’t have counted after all. <\/p>\n
\tControversy followed the Buckeye guard’s go-ahead 3-pointer with no time left on the clock in Thursday’s 67-66 Ohio State win over Rutgers, as Holden was standing out of bounds just a split second before stepping back in to catch a pass from Bruce Thornton and nail the shot.\n<\/p>\n
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\tWhile the play stood on the court and Ohio State won the game, the Big Ten said in a statement Friday that following a review by the conference, the officiating crew should have ruled the play dead when Holden caught the pass.\n<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThe action of stepping out of bounds and being the first player to touch the ball after returning inbounds constituted a violation of NCAA Rule 9, Section 3, Article 1,\u201d the statement reads in part. \u201cThe play should have been stopped, and the ball ruled dead.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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\t\tBig Ten statement on the missed call last night at end of the Ohio State\/Rutgers game.<\/p>\n
Officiating crew was one of the best, but league admits it was a missed call.<\/p>\n
Play like that should be reviewable in future. pic.twitter.com\/GjLfoJDjQh<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n