Something I've never seen before happened last night.
VB
We had a delay while the table had a question: "Who was the last foul on?" 32 "No, not the one just now, the
last foul." Oh, uh..........45 That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Meanwhile, multiple subs had reported for both teams. Got the book straight. Preparing for free throws. Counted players. 6 for visitors. Hold up 6 fingers to visitors coach. He yells at a player to come out. Count again. Still 6. Coach calls another player out. A minute later we have a timeout. After the timeout, I count. Visitors have......7 players. "Uh, coach....." He jumped up, screamed at 2 players (same 2, I think) to come out, then chewed their butts on the bench while they sat and looked uninterested. I submit this is a case where the extra player could easily slip by us. I think the reason we didn't count 7 the first time is because when you reach 6 you tend to stop counting. Oops, they have too many. Also, once the coach has been notified he has too many, I would not consider it a huge oversight if the officials did not count again. Fortunately, in this case we did.