That's actually incorrect. Administrative technicals on spectators are discretionary and typically only called when the offending behavior can be isolated. I'm pretty sure no one knew who threw the object. What's to stop a savvy Mississippi State fan from tossing an object and getting a "T" on UGA?
BDV, I really don't see any way the thrown object had an impact on the free throw. It was behind Weatherspoon, and didn't come out of the crowd until the shot was released. It didn't come into the video frame until just before the ball hit the rim. If the object impacted the shot, I'm all for it. You call the administrative T, he gets one more shot...it's basically like shooting the shot over. But, no, that didn't impact the shot.
Georgia got hosed, plain and simple.
You can't really tell that for sure from the TV angle. It looked like it was thrown from pretty high up in the arena- so it probably had a pretty long travel time to reach the floor. It very well could have been flying at him in his peripheral vision as he released the ball. Either way, the ref had to make a judgement call, and I think he made the right one.
If it were a UT player shooting the FTs, and a foul
wasn't called, I'd be level 10 pissed.