Wrong Starter in Book

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Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

One of my favorite stories: Back in my coaching days (about 10 years ago) we were at a tournament in another county (differ chapter of officials than my local one). Our opponents brought in five young quick players late in the first quarter and slapped a press on. When the quarter ended, I asked my assistant to watch to see if they brought the starters back or left the press team in. Nobody checked in. They break the huddle with their five starters on the court. I get the timer to hit the horn and the scorer to tell the officials that none of them checked in. The officials discuss. The ruling?

Five technical fouls! And for some reason, we were awarded one free throw for each. So we started the quarter with five FTs.

A royal butchering by the crew.