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Originally Posted by JRutledge
ere, I have never been told that bouncing the ball is a T as people here want to suggest. Actually when the situation happened in the Championship game where the Memphis player bounced the ball to the sky and no T was given, I was at camps where NCAA officials that were clinicians praised the decision because of why the player bounced the ball. The player missed two FTs in a key point of the game and if I recall people here wanted a T. Well they did not give a T and it appeared the higher ups felt the call was OK with them. I would consider kicking the ball different, but everything IMO has context. Again, there is nowhere in the rules that says bouncing, kicking or throwing the ball anywhere is a foul. I have given a T in a game for a kid throwing the ball hard towards me and I caught it. He was frustrated with a call that my partner made and the player's coach told me that was a great T. It is all context in my opinion when and where it happens. And I used to take these "all or nothing" philosophies but I have learned in my 15 years of working varsity basketball all over my state, all kids and actions do not equal each other.
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Well, not trying to get in the middle of you and Tony...mainly because I can get myself in enough sh!t around here usually without relying on others....
As I said, I can certainly see discretion being used in
some instances for
some acts, depending on the circumstances. And that includes slamming the ball or maybe throwing the ball against a wall so that it comes right back to him. If I think the player was doing it out of frustration at himself or being mad at himself, then yes, I would take that into consideration too. But there are some acts that I personally feel are
always a no-brainer. And they include deliberately throwing or kicking the ball up into the stands at any time, no matter the reason. Another might be a loud "F" shot for no good reason either. Personally, I don't mind the odd "F" shot is the volume is kept low and it's not happening all the time. But if someone cranks up the bass so everyone in the world can hear him, then unless there's a damn good reason for it...like the ballplayer just having broken a leg or sumthin'... I'm gonna whack that too.
Anyone else's input as to whether throwing or kicking the ball up in the stands is usually a no-brainer "T" in their area or not?