I know we hate Cowherd around here, but he was talking about this on his show today and was just dominating the topic. It's not a situation where you can say it was "just a joke" or any of that crap they're suggesting. A comment was made about T'ing up Miller, he got a tech, and it impacted the outcome of the game. It's pretty clear cut in terms of the implications, especially since the tech was so universally viewed as questionable that Miller actually got fined 25k for complaining about it later.
Speaking of that, Bilas had a great line on Twitter - Sean Miller was only kidding about his complaints, so the Pac 12 should return his money.