SEATTLE — DeJuan Butler shook his arms at the screaming Washington student section trying to quiet them down. Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon looked at the scorer's table for any sign that the 12th-ranked Panthers would remain unbeaten.

On the opposite side, Justin Dentmon was being mobbed by his Washington teammates for apparently hitting a needed game-winning shot.

In the middle of the chaos, a Pac-10 officiating crew stared at a tiny television monitor, trying to determine if Pittsburgh would remain undefeated.

The Panthers are 9-0. Barely.

Dentmon's runner in the lane as the buzzer sounded was disallowed after a lengthy video review, and the Panthers held off Washington's late rally for a 75-74 victory Saturday.

"Never been in it and hope to never be in it again," Dixon said. "The players kept coming over saying it wasn't good ... and then we saw some people at the table saying it wasn't good, too, so during that time we kind of had an inkling.

"I guess it was good TV."

Great might be a better description.

The well-played matchup concluded with Dentmon taking an inbound pass with 4 seconds left the length of the court and scoring from 12 feet as time expired, sending Washington's fans into delirium.

But officials knew it was close.