ESPN's Jimmy Dykes uses Jahmai Mashack's buzzer beater in Tennessee's win over Alabama as a reason to forego debated rule change

The rule in college basketball for advancing the ball is different for the men's and women's games.  In the women's game, in the final 59.9 seconds of the fourth quarter, the ball can be advanced from the baseline after a made basket to the frontcourt by the scorer's table.  The NBA is similar, in that it allows advancement from the baseline to the frontcourt through timeout inside of the final two minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime. 

The issue has previously been pondered for the men's game, even having been publicly discussed by broadcasters during a game.  However, it's not something that's going before the NCAA rules committee and seems unlikely to be changed in the near future. 

Personally, the timeout advancement feels like a cheap way to hand one team a big advantage in a particular late-game situation based on a rule.  Why should a team that's behind the eight ball be given a get out of jail free card just because someone called timeout? 

Had that rule existed in the men's game this season, Tennessee still might have won.  But we would have been robbed of a moment that will be replayed on Tennessee Vols social media and ESPN broadcasts for many years to come.