[chseagle]

#4 is the most realistic answer as player/team control has to be established for the shot clock. The game clock can be started after the ball gets tapped, however for shot clock the ball must be controlled via inbounds pass in order to be started after an OOB.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I know more about directing major Hollywood motion pictures than I do about NCAA rules. Here in the Land of Steady Habits, prep schools use a hybrid version of NCAA and NFHS rules, that include a shot clock. Our interpreter does give us a cursory handout on shot clock rules that includes situations like held balls, and kicked balls, but he doesn't include some of the more simpler stuff, like when the short clock starts.

After a made field goal, when does the shot clock start?
1) When the ball goes through the basket.
2) When the ball is at the disposal of the throwin player out of bounds.
3) When the ball is touched, after the throwin, inbounds.
4) When the ball is controlled (player control and team control), after the throwin, by a player inbounds.
5) Other.
6) Don't know.
7) Who cares?

You're right I am horrified by this

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Thanks everyone.

Had a prep school game yesterday in which the shot clock operator, a high school age young lady, started the shot clock when the ball went through the basket. My partner and I noticed this after a few complaints from the crowd regarding differences between our ten second counts, and the time left on the 35 second shot clock. My partner noted that the shot clock was winding down when the ball was still out of bounds after a made basket. We got together during a timeout to discuss this, but since neither of us are NCAA officials, we decided that she probably knew the rule better than we did, so we let it go. She was wrong. We were wrong. Now I know the rule, and I will email the rule to my partner. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." By the way, after further review, the correct procedure is buried in the cursory handout we all receive noting the hybrid rule differences for these prep school games, so I can't blame my screwup on bad training.