Had another new and unique one tonight. At the start of the first overtime period the players lined up wrong. Ref steps in and says "white this way, red this way" and points in the direction in which they are lined up (which again, is wrong). We get the tip, break down the floor and make a layup, the opps throw the ball in, start down the floor and upon crossing 1/2 court the official blows the whistle and calls "over and back". He then goes to the scorers table and tells them to remove 2 points from our total and give 2 points to the opp. since we made the field goal in the wrong basket. (Again, it was the wrong basket, however it was the right basket according to the way the teams lined up for the tip and the way the official pointed prior to the toss-up). Needless to say the gym is now becoming a bit rowdy with a few hundred different opinions on what happened and what should now happen.
He then awards us the ball at 1/2 court for the"over and back" violation.
We end up winning by 5 so it turned out not to hurt us but if someone could advise if this falls into correctible errors or if something else should have been done I would appreciate it. This must be my year for learning some of the discreet rules of BB (the hard way).
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