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stripes · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 29, 2005, 04:21pm

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Originally posted by rainmaker

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I've had 9 years' experience on the scorebook and on this board, sorting out correctible errors. Thought I had the rule cold - until tonight.

Girls' JV, and the scorekeeper was an easily distracted varsity player (first foul I reported, she was talking on her cell phone). With 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter, I call a foul (B1 fouled A1) during rebounding action, and the scorekeeper tells me it's 1-and-1.

I thought it was a bit odd (we didn't have a ton of fouls), but I tend to trust my scorekeepers (mistake #1!), so we awarded the 1-and-1, A1 misses the first shot. B rebounds, is coming upcourt when the scorer has me come over.

Ok . . . unmerited free-throw, change in team posession, cancel the shot and all activity, clock doesn't get reset, ball goes back to the POI. No problem - EXCEPT - my brain somehow thought that POI would mean A getting the ball back instead of the point at which the game was interrupted to correct the error.

At least I know the rule now (and how to correctly apply it). Also, I was at least somewhat convincing to the coaches.

Best part - the scorer told me that her coach told her to keep track and tell the refs when there were 7 team fouls. Unfortunately, the coach failed to mention that it was per half.

She's a varsity player and she didn't know about the team foul count? She's worse than distractible, she's downright stupid.

If that's the worst correctible error error you ever make, you're a hero!! Thank goodness it wasn't a State Tournament game, and forget it.

I think you are giving the girl too much credit. She is a high schooler who happens to play on the V team. That doesn't mean that the phone call or other distraction isn't more important to her. It doesn't make her, IMO, stupid. The biggest problem for me is that the team didn't put someone responsible on the book. The team (or game admin) is the one who needs to be questioned.