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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Now that everybody has looked up all of the NFHS rules and casebook references I will put in my two cents.
Under NCAA rules the clock is reset to 4.3 seconds. Under NFHS rules I would not reset the clock. 1.8 seconds in within acceptable parameters for reaction time for the official to blew his whistle and for the timer to react to it.
NCAA DOES NOT allow lag time. NFHS DOES allow lag time.
Now under NFHS rules the clock had run out, the official would have been allowed to put time back on the clock. I would have reset it to three seconds.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no!!!!!!
You are correct that, under NCAA rules, there is no lag time provision and the clock would be set to 4.3.
However, 1.8 seconds is not an acceptable lag time for a timer. I personally think that if the timer takes a full second to stop the clock, he or she is slow, but the one second is the rule - not 0.5 or 1.8 - 1.0 seconds is the maximum that is allowed to run off the clock!
Are you saying that the only time you would reset the clock is if you blew the whistle, there was an appreciable delay, and then the horn blew? Let me tell you, B's not going to be happy with 2.5 on the clock if there should be 3.3 or especially 4.3. They'll be even angrier if they have 3/10ths or less - as you have just taken away their possibility for a last-second try.