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Originally Posted by refiator
Here is the scenario as posed on our exam study guide this year. Let me clear up any confusion earlier. I don't think I made it clear when the horn sounded in relation to the whistle.......
"If time runs out and the horn sounds immediately after the official blows his/her whistle to indicate a shooting foul, the free throw shooter shall attempt the resulting free throws with no time remaining on the game clock and no players occupying the lane spaces. (FALSE)"
In this case, we have been instructed to put time back on the clock (.3 is typically suggested)
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There are conflicting cases/rules on this topic and it has been debated before. One case says that the clock should not be corrected and that the FTs would be shot with no one on the lane.
In other places, it says that if the officials sees a specific time on the clock when the whistle is blown and the clock continues to run after that the official should restore the time (no guessing, the official must know the time that should be there).
There used to be a rule that said the clock was properly stopped if it didn't run more than 1 second after the whistle. That rule was changed a few years ago to remove that buffer. The clock is expected to stop when the whistle blows and any overrun is to be corrected.
That case that says to let the time stay as it was when it runs a small amount after the whistle predates the point where the rule on lag time was changed.
I believe that the case play was not updated to reflect the current timing rules and I will put time back on the clock IF I know how much time should be there. If the foul/whistle occurred just as it was turning from 0:00.1 to 0:00.0 then I'm not putting anything back.