I take it there was a video replay issue at the game? A play that needed to be reviewed but no video replay available?
The play at issue happened with 27 seconds left in the overtime and Emory up 73-71. Emory freshman Benjamin Pearce had gotten a defensive rebound just 19 seconds before,at 46 seconds left in the overtime, and started a play set. Brandeis has this still archived on the Basketball Live Stream at
brandeisjudges.com/information/streaming If you watch this, start the replay feed at the time code of 2 hours 10 min. This archived stream has yesterday's Emory at Brandeis doubleheader, and it should be up until this upcoming Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.
The call at issue in this case is a turnover called on Emory freshman Benjamin Pearce, with Brandeis taking possession. Emory head coach Jason Zimmerman thought that the ball was last touched by Brandeis freshman Ethan Edwards, and not by Benjamin Pearce. Zimmerman called for a video review of the play, and the Brandeis crowd, seeing that Coach Zimmerman was walking over to mid-court, wanted the refs to "T" Zimmerman up. Needless to say, the Brandeis crowd was riled up at the prospect of the call going to video review.
The question on the replay was: Did a great defensive maneuver by Ethan Edwards cause Benjamin Pearce to throw the ball out of bounds, with Brandeis gaining possession, or did Ethan Edwards touch the ball last and Emory maintains possession as a result?"
Brandeis has a new student crew in Josh Hertz-- the WBRS FM General Manager, and Asher Kaplan, a Brandeis baseball pitcher, now doing play by play and color commentary respectively, and this was their first full weekend doing Brandeis basketball games together. Asher Kaplan had previously done play by play by himself for the NYU at Brandeis doubleheader back on January 7.
The student commentators protested that "this is Division III basketball. We don't have [multiple angle camera] technology here for the video replay. Does Coach Zimmerman even understand this?" The referees looked at the game webcast at courtside, which is the only angle that the play in question had been recorded. The refs had the same angle that I have on the on-demand feed, which is that the play is being recorded from the opposite side of the court (the bleacher side) from the benches, where the play took place.
Upon further review, the turnover call on Benjamin Pearce stood, and Brandeis got possession with 27 seconds left in OT.
Ultimately, it did not matter, as Brandeis went 0-8 from the field, 0-4 from 3 pt range, 0-0 from the charity stripe in the OT period, and Emory scored the only 2 points in the overtime period to win the game, 73-71, in overtime.
