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We just did a tournament here...
1) Working with a more inexperiencd partner, we had a one+one at the T line. I signal 1+1 ( gym was way noisy) and kids probably did not hear the one and one I vocalized and bounced the ball. The shot was missed, one player grabbed the ball, ( no one moved off the line) was about to pass it to me when a other player grabbed it and bounced it to the shooter. Just as I am going to tell these kids it was 1+1 and to play on my partner blew his whistle to stop play. The shooter had the ball so we just ruled it inadvertent and gave the shooting theam the ball back...
2) had a girls game went into OT. The ball was passed from backcourt to about the 28ft with a about three seconds left.
The girl caught the ball and started to shoot, horn goes off while ball was still in her hands. I was blowing and signalling from the horn that the shot was no good, of course everybody is jumping up and down because she just "won" the game and then they notice me waving off the basket.... Glad I had started signalling at the horn and did not wait.
3) Lesson learned.. just a few seconds left and the second game of a double elim championship game (Winner wins tournament. Point guard is dribbling ball and then turns and taunts a player with about two seconds left, in a five-six point ball game. Then there was some commotion after that with both teams wanting to go at each other. The lesson I learned is that even though the tournament was basically over and the time was running out. We should have whacked him, and tossed him, although it would not have made any difference in the game, time would have stopped, the teams woulds have been separated while we shot the T's and who knows the team may have made a stupid mistake and picked up another T and then had the ball inbounds and would have won. Moral of the story you cant just let the unsportsmanlike conduct go to get the game over with two seconds left on the clock.
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