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I believe the rule is that a foul during a dead ball is an automatic ejection, so the ref’s had no choice but to eject him once the foul was called.
Luke is right on the rule. It was not like a stomp but you can see Hodge look at Stephenson’s arm before stepping on him. And he also tucked his elbow up like he was bracing himself just before stepping down like he knew what was coming. This happened in the Kansas game when Chase Buddinger got stepped on the face and the player was not ejected but later suspended by CUSA so brace for the suspension.
I’m a Kentucky fan, and I’m not sure whether he did it on purpose or not. I’ts very difficult to tell. If the officials interpretation is that he did it on purpose, then they made the right call. If he just saw Porter’s reaction, then it was a bad call. There ought to be some sort of rule dealing with situations like these. If the officials cannot determine whether it was intentional, then a player should not be tossed out of a game. Players trip over one another all the time. Anyway, that’s just my opinion.