Gerald Boudreaux addresses the 6 players on the floor situation

Statement from Gerald Boudreaux, SEC Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials:



Rule 7, Section 6, Article 1 of the NCAA rule book states that “the throw-in team shall have team control when the ball is at the disposal of a player entitles to the throw-in.” The officiating crew ruled that when the ball was handed to the player for the throw-in, five players were on the court for each team.



The officials left the arena without making a statement about the play in question. I will personally address this situation and will make sure that this will not happen again.