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Originally posted by JugglingReferee
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This actually happened in a provincial high school finals game.
Team W and Team L. (Named after the city they're from.) There is one official from the city of W and one from the city of L, to give a "neutral crew". Officials tell each team that they have no timeouts remaining. Twice. They also tell the players. The coaches each told their respective players that there are no timeouts left.
Tie game, 5 seconds to go. L1 on the line to shoot a 1-and-1. First shot misses. W1 rebounds. The LEAD official on the FT (now the TRAIL on the defensive missed-FT rebound) is from the city of W and twice ignores W2's request for a TO. W2 runs over to the ref from the city of L and requests a TO. The timeout is granted (in that the official blew his whistle - I do not know if he 'pointed' to the Team W bench). At the time of the whistle, there was 1.0 seconds on the clock. The clock runs out and the buzzer sounds.
What happens next?
I will post what the officials did later on, after a bunch of replies.
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1) I am going to assume that the game was being played under either NFHS or NCAA rules.
2) In either case, the T was wrong in not granting W1's request for a timeout.
3) W1's request should have been granted.
4) After the timeout is over, Team L shoots two free throws as part of the penalty for the excess timeout technical foul.
5.1) NFHS: After the free throws, Team L receives the ball for a throw-in at the division line opposite the Table for a throw-in.
5.2) NCAA Men's: After the free throws, Team W receives that ball for a throw-in nearest the spot where the ball was when it was granted its timeout.
5.3) NCAA Women's: After the free throws, Team L receives the ball for a throw-in: a) nearest the spot where the ball was when Team W was granted its timeout, or b) at the division line. Since this is not a point of interuption technical foul penalty, I think that the correct throw-in spot is (a). My college schedule did not include any women's games this year so I am a little hazy on this particular penalty.
6) If this game was being played under FIBA rules Team W would never had been able to request an excess timeout.
7) I do not know how this would be handled under NBA/WNBA rules.
MTD, Sr.