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O.K....I asked the ref about 5-sec rule before last nights tournament. His response was that for NY Girls HS b-ball there is no 10-sec timeline (I knew that) and as such 5-sec rule for closely guarding applied to whole court, but only for a HELD ball; he said only hs boys get the 4.9-4.9-4.9 deal in the front court. He came across as very confident in his knowledge of the rules...then, half way through the game, he whistled my daughter for moving her pivot foot during an endline throw-in. Huh? I could swear that inbounder gets a 3-foot space along the endline and there is no pivot foot per se. (this call influenced the game---in a positive way!---it p.o.ed my daughter enough that she and her team went on a 12-zip run).
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