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Originally Posted by Philz
I was recently doing a Rec league game, NCAA rules when Team A leading got a rebound and a fast break. Player B1 reaches and barely touches the shorts and I mean "barley" with both hands of A1 to try and stop the clock but I dont call it and Team A scores easily on a 3 on 1 break. B1 goes nuts on my no call. I mentioned to him you must make and attempt for the ball. I could have called an intentional foul so I basically gave you break but your soft touch didnt seem to impeed offensive player and I'm not going to penalize them when they had a fast break going. His reply is "were not trying to hurt anyone out here just trying to stop the clock". I said you can make an attempt for the ball without hurting anyone. The next foul by team B was a head tackle on team A. Both benches empty. There was less than a minute left team A up by 9.....I called the game but was vebally abuised all the way to the parking lot. I gave this a lot of thought and one thing I could have done different was warn the team B coach when the game was getting down to the end and it was apparent that they would try and stop the clock with a foul is to make sure his players went for the ball. Any other suggestions?
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End of game situation you know the team behind is going to foul to stop the clock. No need to discuss this with the Coach. There's "physical contact in basketball" If contact gives a player an advantage call the foul. Whether I would call a foul in the situation you described depends depends on how physical the game was. If it was a hack fest I would probably call it to keep the game under control. If it wasn't I probably would have let them play on. There's no reason for you to discuss at any time why you did or did not call a foul.