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Originally posted by Snaqwells
Soph girls tonight. V-team is losing by 40+ in the 4Q when coach sends in 3 subs during a free throw sich. 3 subs come in, 4 girls go to the bench, leaving 4 on the court. Partner and I both see it, but decide to let the situation play out.
After H-1 makes both free throws, V coach realizes the problem and sends V-5 running onto the court while V-1 is bringing the ball up the court.
Partner blows his whistle, and comes over and we discuss the situation. Partner calls a T for sub entering without reporting. Coach argues that she was not subbing, since she had not been subbed for.
My thought is that, in that case, it's a T on the player for leaving the court unauthorized. She'd been sitting on the bench until the coach realized what was going on.
I was inclined to let it go, but my partner was right. Thoughts?
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its not a T for leaving the court unauthorized because she left during a dead ball when subs were entering. if you had 5 and came back with 4 like you said, it was a T when she came in, as your partner did, a substitution T foul for entering while not being beckoned. Its a situation that is highly preventable by counting to make sure you have 10 authorized players on the court at all times. but, as you say it happened, the coach couldve avoided the T if she had waited till the next dead ball, or if he got possession, to call a TO.