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Originally Posted by Eastshire
By rule you have no choice but to not assess the T.
3-2-1 "At least 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time, each team shall supply the official scorer with the name and number of each team member and designate the five starting players. Failure to comply results in a technical foul (see 10-1-1 Penalty)."
The scheduled start time was 8:10 PM. The visiting team has until 8:00 PM to submit its roster. The book was checked 20 minutes before the scheduled start time.
The home team cannot manufacture a T on the visitors by changing the start time in this manner.
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That's where the extenuating circumstances come in. If you check and find that both teams came out to warm-up at approximately the same time, were given the customary warm-up period for a regional playoff, the clock was set at an agreed time for the warm-up and there was sufficient time for both the visiting and home scorers to enter the correct info, then there is no reason by rule
NOT to assess a "T". The officials actually being on the floor is moot under those circumstances rules-wise.
If they rushed the warm-up period, then of course you can use the extenuating circumstances as a valid reason to not asses a "T".
No matter what, you still have to be able to give valid, logical and rules-based reasons to defend your action.