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Yes, I've been handcuffed into calling it. A few years ago I had a sophmore double header, 2 man. In the 1st quarter with about 2 minutes left in the half, the point guard for the visiting team takes a dive. I made a mental note of the players number and was going to talk to the coach quickly at the break. 4 possessions or so later, the same kid does the same thing again, and my partner, for some reason unknown to me, decides to stop the game and have the scorer record a formal warning in the book (not sure where he got that). I did have a quick conversation with the coach as to what happened and told him I was seeing the kid do the same thing. At the half I inform my partner that there was not a formal warning for that. So, of course as life goes, early in the 3rd quarter, I'm going to lead on a break, the kid in question has an offensive player get a step away from him on the drive, falls backwards and makes a noise. Since everyone in the gym knew the warning was there (although it should have been handled quietly) I didn't even hesitate. I threw the T. The visiting coach jumps up as I go to the bench. I just put up the "stop sign" and said firmly, "that is the exact play we talked about before you left the court and the exact player." He sat down and we moved on. So, yes, it has been called, although it can be avoided in most cases.
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