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Team B leads 52-51 in the closing seconds, when A1 is fouled on a 2-point try as the buzzer sounds. A1 is only about a 25% free throw shooter. At this point, A1 either:
1) Obviously feigns an injury, or
2) Shows you that he has been wearing a necklace, which you have failed to notice up to this point.
Do you allow A6 to substitute for A1 and shoot the free throws deciding the game?
Part 2:
A6 has indeed substituted, makes both free throws, and wins the game for team A. Both teams run off the floor to their locker rooms. Just before the officials leave the visual confines, they are buzzed by the scorer, who notifies them that A6 had previously fouled out, and was ineligible. At this point, do you call the teams back, give a flagrant technical to A6, and allow team B two free throws? Is A6 still considered "on the court" even though there is no time remaining, and the teams are in the locker room?
Part 3: If the coach knows that A6 has fouled out, but thinks he can slip his good free throw shooter in there without anyone noticing, can he substitute A7 for A6 after the free throws, even though the game is essentially over? Does this cover him, and not allow the officials to give a flagrant technical to A6 when the scorer buzzes them, because A6 is no longer in the game?
Enjoy.
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