Finding the actual rules have gotten tougher. I believe the NCAA want's you to pay for a PDF of the rule book now when you used to be able to search for it. Below is what was proposed for the goaltending/basket Interference rule, which I think was adopted.
In the last two minutes of the second period or the last two minutes of any overtime period, allow the use of instant
replay to review basket interference and goaltending when a call has been made. After such review, in the event
of an officiating error, the alternating possession arrow shall be used to determine possession.
So by rule, they could not have reviewed that play unless basket interference was called.
Sure the refs usually screw us in Cameron, but I attribute this call to incompetence. I think the initial reaction is to the shot bouncing off the rim. I see this as follows.
1- Initial shot goes up
2- Ball bounces to the left and appears to come off the rim (this is where the refs probably made their call)
3- The ball is tipped back to the right by either Williams, Moore or both (zero dispute that the ball went from left to right and the only way it could was by being tipped)
4- Ball is now clearly over the cylinder
5- Zero visibility of Williams left hand
6- Williams takes right hand and puts it on the ball, in the cylinder, and dunks it.
The only way these refs could 'overturn' this call seems to be.
- Based on #2, they only were evaluating the initial shot
- They claim that Williams was gathering the ball (can't be seen) from 5&6
Based on the limited video and the importance of the play in deciding the game, I don't think they spent an appropriate amount of time in the review. We've seen out of bounds calls reviewed longer than this which were not the final play of the game take much longer.