Not to be a jerk, but how does someone start a post about calls refs miss all the time and then list one that everyone knows is wrong. The count for 5 seconds ends when the ball is released. That is why you never see the throw in from under the basket 5 seconds when at the last second they throw the ball deep into back court and the player tracks it down.
This is the type of thing coaches deal with on a consistent basis in meetings with parents who believe they know more than the coaches.
You need proof I looked it up for you. There is a reason those refs stop counting when the ball is released, that is what they are supposed to do.
http://www.ncaapublications.com/Upl...08-09fb2fc956-7592-4877-993e-dae20a6f90ed.pdf
The rules that too many people don't understand are the over and back rule and all 3 points. They also don't understand the top of the backboard is NOT out of bounds. I can't tell you how many times I hear people yell, "IT'S OUT OF BOUNDS, IT HIT THE TOP OF THE BACKBOARD!" I just have to shake my head at them.
The last few years I have also heard some real brain surgeons yell 3 seconds during an out of bounds play before the ball is thrown in.