Call Fit Wilson to a ‘T’ : UCLA: Pac-10 supervisor of officials agrees with crucial call in Stanford victory.

Official Mark Reischling was justified in calling a technical foul against UCLA’s Trevor Wilson Thursday night at Stanford, the supervisor of basketball officials for the Pacific 10 Conference said Friday.

“In this particular instance, I think Mark was well within his rights to adhere the technical,” Frank McIntyre of the Pac-10 said.

UCLA trailed Stanford, 71-70, with 2 minutes 56 seconds left when Wilson threw up his arms and screamed at Reischling after the official had called a foul against Wilson for hacking Stanford’s John Patrick.

According to the officials’ report of the game, attended by McIntyre, Wilson said to Reischling: “That’s a bull . . . call.”

Said McIntyre: “There’s no way that we can tolerate that sort of language. That’s the reason, truthfully, that he was T’d.”

Before UCLA again regained possession, Stanford scored six consecutive points for a 77-70 lead en route to an 87-79 upset.

“To sum it up, I blew it,” Wilson said Friday. “I think we had a chance to win that game. We overcame a lot of adversity, overcame a 10-point deficit. We were right there in the game and my outburst took it away from us.”

But he shouldn’t have been given a technical, Wilson said.

“I could understand if I used profanity, it would be justified,” he said. “But in that situation, I don’t think it was justified at all.”

According to the officials’ report, of course, he swore.

“That’s a lie,” Wilson said.

Reischling could not be reached for comment.

UCLA Coach Jim Harrick reiterated his belief, first stated after the game, that a technical should not have been called at that point.

“You’ve got to understand that the first rule of officiating is, let the kids decide the outcome of the game,” Harrick said. “You can always say the player’s at fault. That’s the easiest thing. But officials make mistakes, too. They don’t live in glass houses. They are not perfect people.”

Technicals should be called early, if at all, Harrick said.

Said McIntyre: “Are we mind readers? When in the world are we going to know when to call a technical early in the game? We can’t contemplate when a ‘T’ is going to happen. Hopefully, it never happens.

“We did everything we could to avoid the situation. We wanted the kids to settle it, but someplace along the way, a line’s got to be drawn.”

Wilson crossed that line Thursday night, McIntyre said.

Harrick disagreed.

“I’ll bet you, today, he wishes he had that call back and had handled the situation differently,” he said of Reischling.

Bruin Notes

Stanford guards Kenny Ammann and John Patrick combined for 39 points as UCLA concentrated on stopping the Cardinal’s inside game, especially after 6-9 forward Adam Keefe had scored 18 of his 23 points in the first half. Ammann scored a season-high 21 points, making five of 10 three-point shots, and Patrick matched a season-high with 18 points. “I was going to let them beat us,” UCLA Coach Jim Harrick said. “And they did.” . . . UCLA freshman Tracy Murray missed all eight of his shots against Stanford and failed to score for the first time this season. . . . UCLA plays California Sunday at Berkeley.