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Originally posted by bob jenkins
Me thinks you are arguing about the wrong thing.
The FTs were after the second quarter. So, the teams should have changed ends.
My guess is that the FTs were shot in the wrong basket (iow, the same direction the teams were goping in the first half), so thiw *was* a correctable error.
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Bob, this is EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If they shoot BEFORE THE INTERMISSION and at the basket which the team was shooting during the 1st and 2nd quarters, it certainly looks like those FTs should be considered part of the first half/2nd quarter. I never even thought about the wrong basket aspect of this. What an astute observation!
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
No need to interpret. The FT's were attempted as part of the 3rd quarter. They were part of the 3rd quarter no matter when they were shot- as long as the second quarter was over. Which it was. The timing of the FT's- before, during or after the intermission- doesn't really change that conclusion. Again, there's no rules language available that would allow for any other conclusion than that.
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JR, that is your opinion and I respect it, but I disagree with it. I believe that the timing of the FTs before the intermission does create a problem. Here's the rule language available that would allow for a conclusion other than yours: 5-5-1 "...Playing time for teams of high school age shall be four quarters of eight minutes each with intermissions of one minute after the first and third quarters, and
10 minutes between halves. ..."
Since the intermission is required BY RULE to take place BETWEEN HALVES, you cannot consider any FTs attempted prior to the intermission to be part of the 3rd quarter. Doing so would mean that the 10 minute intermission would take place DURING THE 3RD QUARTER. That goes against rule 5-5-1. It is absurd to say that we are going to start a quarter with some FTs, take a 10 minute break, and then come back and finish the quarter. Therefore, I believe that my reasoning to consider the mistimed FTs to be part of the 2nd quarter, especially if they were attempted at the same basket with no change of ends, and chalk it up as an officials mistake, makes the most sense. We know that the shouldn't have done it this way, but they did, and now we are stuck with it.