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RookieDude,
Now you're getting it...we're here to learn from others.
I've learned an awful lot from officials that were much better and far worse than I.
In answer to your question:
I actually had this play happen to me at the high school and college levels. In the high school game, I ejected the kid for unsportsmalike conduct on a Friday night. That team showed up for a round robin tournament the next day. The kid comes out dressed to play first, just as we enter the field. His coach hands my partner the line up card and asks if everything is correct. (We talked in our "locker room" about this joker and how he earned an early exit.) He informed the coach that he had listed a player that was ineligible and urged him to handle the issue or we would. The coach acknowledged that the kid got bounced but tried to explain that he was only ineligible for the next "conference game". (Now you know why I advocate actually knowing the rules and taking the test by yourself. If he insisted on playing him, I would have informed him that I was going to contact his AD, the Principal and the IHSA through a Special Report. This is a fairly serious matter in Illinois and he would have faced some pointed questions from the powers that be. That probably would have handled it before having to eject the coach or escalating it.
That said, your question inferred that I witnessed the kid being ejected the game prior. Was I a fan or an on-court official? Maybe it doesn't matter in this sport, but enforcing it could make it a "no he wasn't/yes he was affair". I hate those and try not to look for more trouble than comes my way out there. Again, I'm not a high school basketball official, but stayed in a Holiday Inn express last night.
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