[Blue37]

Sorry I am late getting into the discussion but I do not have cable and just heard about the ending. I am not a basketball official but read the board regularly and have been intrigued by the discussions regarding timing errors in NFHS games. Assume this had been a NFHS game. Are there any remedies?

Change the time line slightly. Assume the ball goes out-of-bounds with five seconds. It is inbounded and the official verifies the clock started appropriately. The ball is passed and a shot goes up. It misses and the ball is tipped a couple of times, then rebounded and a shot is made as the horn sounds. The losing (visiting) coach alleges the clock stopped. The timer admits he twitched and accidentally hit the off switch but turned it back on immediately. Any remedies in this situation? What if the timer said it had been off for a couple of seconds? What if an official had been counting just in case of a malfunction? How accurate does the official's count need to be? If the official hit five just before the shot, should he trust his timing and wave off the basket?

Thanks for educating a fan!