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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Shoot the FTs before you grant the time-out. This may seem minor, and it probably doesn't matter much b/c both teams will be huddling during the FTs. But in college, you shoot the FTs immediately, and then resume the game. So shoot the FTs, then resume by granting the TO.
Chuck
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Actually, the timing of the FTs is one of the most important things, at least when this occurs under NF rules. It may influence our strategy coming out of the TO.
If I call this TO, I am doing it because we have 5 seconds or less on the clock, just made a shot, and the opponent is just going to hold the ball on the baseline. I will take the T because I need to stop the clock. I had one game where I was prepared to do it this year. We were down 4 with 7 seconds left and we're inbounding on baseline, opponent called TO to strategize. I figure he's telling his players that my team has no time outs, so if we score, take your time grabbing the ball then stand out of bounds and let the clock run out (it's what I would do). I said if we score, call TO. Now what I and my opponent plan to do after our excess TO may well depend upon how many FTs the shooter makes after the T. (of course, we missed the 3 pointer so we never got the TO!)
But I had thought that the FTs came first. would that be correct in NF?