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I am hanging myself out on this one but I did this the other night in a boys varsity game. I was lead. A1 dribbled down the lane and was blocked by B1. I ignored the contact (why, I really have NO idea). Anyway, the ball flies out of A1's hand and out of bounds. I called "A". I will admit that I though ahead about it. There were many players in the key so I knew I had the best view of it. We were right in front of A's bench so I knew Coach B could not really say anything and, if he did, I could explain it since I had a better angle. I know this is not right but A1 was clearly blocked and I clearly missed it so I clearly blew two in a row and gave the ball back to A. The last thing about it was A was down by about 20 at the time. I am not sure if I would do this in a close game and hopefully I will get the block right next time. In the end, no one said anything, we played on, and I am not sure if anyone really caught it except for me. I was evaluated that night and my evaluator didn't even mention it in the write up. Not that that matters or changes it but that's what I did, right or wrong (probably wrong).
As far as this post goes, does anyone know how many fouls the defensive player had on him? I am not a D1 official but I have been told that at that level these folks are very in tune with things like that. I agree with Mick that he probably called the OOB to ignore the foul, especially if the defensive player had 3 or 4 fouls. Just curious.
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