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Old Tue Dec 25, 2001, 04:22pm
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Do the math. It doesn't work.

Quote:
Originally posted by Dennis Flannery
I believe that crew mis heard what was said to him by these college refs. At the various camps that I have go to, they say that if the shoot clock is at 24, then you must have a 10 second violation. The reasoning is that 25 is anywhere from 25.1 to 25.9, and that is not a full 10 seconds since you start at 35.0. This is from 3 different Division 1 assignors.
Based on the post from Eli and the experience that I've had, I would have to disagree. Using the information above, a team would have 35.9 seconds to shoot. If the clock has anywhere from 25.1 to 25.9 when it'a showing 25 then it would have anywhere from 35.9 to 35.1 when 35 is showing. We know that's not true.

Pasted below is part of Eli's reply that correctly explains how a shot clock works.

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Originally posted by eroe39
...When the shot clock reads 35 it is on 35 from 35.0 to 34.1. For example, the shot clock does not start on 35.9 every time we get a new shot clock. When the shot clock reads 25 it is on 25 from 25.0 until 24.1. When the shot clock is on 1 it is on 1 from 1.0 to 0.1. When the shot clock reads 0 it is on 0. According to what you stated earlier than if the shot clock is at 0 than it could actually be at 0.9 which is not true because the horn sounds at 0.
3 different D1 assignors can be wrong.
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