Rules pointer...

Last night with 19.4 seconds left (and a 45-42 score), Rutgers was trying to inbound on the baseline after Charde dribbled the ball off her leg out of bounds. Under UConn's pressure, RU was struggling to inbound. Another RU player ran out of bounds on the other side of the baseline, apparently to receive a pass. The trail ref (Bill Titus) was standing there, thought the runner was trying to call a timeout, and mistakenly blew a whistle.

Mark Jones said (and Doris agreed) that Rutgers could have thrown a cross-baseline pass and then inbounded from there. That was incorrect. You can do that sort of pass after a basket, but not from a designated-spot throw-in spot following a turnover. See Rule 7-5.

Moreover, it appears that the Rutgers player committed a violation under Rule 9-5. It states (italics added):

Art. 2. No player other than the thrower-in shall:

a. Perform the throw-in or be out of bounds after a designated- spot throw-in begins.

So the ball should have gone to UConn. Refs explain here, and wonder whether the Big East will issue a press release this week.