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Mark Padgett

Snaqwells wrote
Of course, why didn't i see this before? This was Padgett's game?

Please - don't mention the term "OT". I just ate.

JugglingReferee

Snaqwells wrote
Speculation aside, you're most likely correct.

And if the player is making an attempt to avoid the ball, she's fine. Just sitting there is fine.

Even if the other team was trying to save it, and it looks instinctive when she reaches up to stop it from hitting her in the head, that's fine.

Yup. Safety first would say that anyone can prevent a bal from hitting their head.

EIA REF

Yakivegas wrote
3) Game held in a small gymnasium, with the stands and player's benches no more than 2 feet from the out of bounds line. 2nd OT, score tied with about 5 seconds on the clock. A has the ball in their frontcourt. Their point guard makes a cross court pass to her teammate, but that player had decided to cut to the lane. The ball hits in the vacated spot and bounces towards B's bench. There is not a player close enough to make an attempt at a save. The ball is heading OOB, bouncing directly at B's bench. A seated bench player reflexively/defensively grabs the loose ball just before it strikes her in the head.

There is an immediate whistle, and the official signals a technical against the bench player for what sounded like "interference". Under the league rules, a T is an automatic award of 2 points (they don't shoot the FT).

Is that a reasonable call, and if so, is there anything the bench player could have done to avoid the infraction?

I have one question regarding this -- If Team A throws the ball to an teamate late in the game and it goes into Team B's bench, were the teams sitting on the wrong ends of the court?

Adam

EIA REF wrote
I have one question regarding this -- If Team A throws the ball to an teamate late in the game and it goes into Team B's bench, were the teams sitting on the wrong ends of the court?

1. Welcome to the forum.

2. AAU ball, anything's possible. Good catch, though.

mick

EIA REF wrote
I have one question regarding this -- If Team A throws the ball to an teamate late in the game and it goes into Team B's bench, were the teams sitting on the wrong ends of the court?

Nice catch, EIA.
But consider the rule the official kicked, and then consider the possibility that the bench placement rule may have been kicked. 🙂

Welcome to the Forum.

Yakivegas

EIA REF wrote
I have one question regarding this -- If Team A throws the ball to an teamate late in the game and it goes into Team B's bench, were the teams sitting on the wrong ends of the court?

You're correct, they were on the wrong bench, as it were. My observation is that most times, they set up correctly, but I have heard coaches stake a claim to a particular bench because "this is where we always sit".

mbyron

Snaqwells wrote
Even if the other team was trying to save it, and it looks instinctive when she reaches up to stop it from hitting her in the head, that's fine.

I agree. The burden is on the team throwing it away. Unless someone on the bench obviously and intentionally grabs the ball away from a player who is about to recover it, I've got nothing on this play (well, it's an OOB violation, but nothing else).

mbyron

Yakivegas wrote
You're correct, they were on the wrong bench, as it were. My observation is that most times, they set up correctly, but I have heard coaches stake a claim to a particular bench because "this is where we always sit".

How the benches are determined shouldn't matter, since in the first half the court in front of your bench is your backcourt, and in the second half it's your frontcourt.

mick

Yakivegas wrote
You're correct, they were on the wrong bench, as it were. My observation is that most times, they set up correctly, but I have heard coaches stake a claim to a particular bench because "this is where we always sit".

"Okay, you can sit there, but start warming up over there!" 😉

BillyMac

Mark Padgett wrote
Please don't mention the term "OT". I just ate.

"Good Gr ... Never mind.

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