I was courtside for this. There are mixed reports. Some folks saying Markell said a few expletives at the ref in addition to and 1. Obviously Markell said otherwise, and Keatts was on the other side of the court so he didn’t hear.
All that said, the refs were pretty poor overall and absolutely seemed to be the type who took things a little too seriously. One of them was screaming at Ham, which is pretty rare because Ham is so stoic on the sideline. From my vantage point, Markell should not have been assessed a tech.
What should have been assessed was the blatant clear path foul late in the game when FSU was going up for a dunk. Not only was a clear path foul not assessed, the ref didn’t even award an and 1. Said it was pre-shot, which was bogus.