Running Out Of Locker Room

[billyu2]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

My partners and I saw this happen at our game this evening, and while we swear we've read something about it being illegal we couldn't remember it well enough to make a call.

The visiting team was warming up when the home team ran out of their locker room. Their locker room was right next to their side of the gym to warm up on, however they proceeded to run down to to other end and run around where the visiting team was warming up.

I'm sure I read that a team had to go directly to their side to warm up, but when I checked afterwards I couldn't find anything. Help?

You can go to ohsaabasketball.com for information on this. Scroll down past several articles until you get to 2014-15 Director's Bulletin #3, Item 2. It will also give you a link to go to the NFHS pre-season POE that further explains it. I believe officials in some states have been told to rule it an automatic technical. The NFHS and OHSAA wording is "if warranted or if necessary" a technical may be called. Situations where a team deliberately runs through the opponents warm-up area or interferes with their warm up routine would be warranted. So, in your situation a technical perhaps would not be warranted. However, at our state interpreter's meeting back then, we were told to do an online game report and send to the OHSAA and the school reminding them this type of entry into the gym is considered unsporting and could result in a team technical foul and indirect to the coach.