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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by cmathews
The definite knowledge in this case is not the 4.1, but the time elapsed when the player caught the ball...I do think if you correct it you move it to half court and put up the difference of 4.1 and what your 5 second count was up to ...
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Mathews -- the clock wasn't running during the throw-in. So there should have been 4.1 when the player at mid-court caught the ball. If the buzzer sounded right as that player was catching, a do-over is within the rules...
... unless you want to have another 12 page thread complete with MTD heading up to the attic and roto-rootering out another 50 years worth of old rule books from 9 different organizations!
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WILL IT NEVER END??
B1 makes the second of two free throws. A1 throws the inbounds pass to A2 who catches A1's inbounds pass at the division line. The game clock starts when the ball is touched by or touches A2. PERIOD!! It does not matter if the game clock was incorrectly started and the game clock horn's sounded before or as A2 was catching A1's inbounds pass; the sounding of the game clock's horn does not stop play. Only the officials can stop the play in this situation. A1's inbounds pass to A2 is not negated by the fact that the game clock was started incorrectly. Team A receives the ball for a throw-in nearest the spot that A2 caught A1's inbounds pass and the game clock is set at 4.1 seconds.
We can debate whether the game clock should be set at 4.1 seconds or 3.8 seconds per the NBA/WNBA rule, but since NFHS and NCAA does not use the NBA/WNBA rule, the game clock must be set at 4.1 seconds.
This play is not a do-over. I REPEAT: This play is NOT a do-over.
MTD, Sr.