Tonight's comedy

[BlueDevilRef]

Ok, I'll get the bad part out of the way first. Boys JV, I'm transitioning from T to new L on break. A phantom floorboard decides it hates me and I go Joey Crawford style a$$ over teakettle. Not a good start to the night as it was in first quarter.

Varsity game was not good. Lots of fouls and I totally ate it on an easy ball slam T bc I'm a pansy. I'm not happy about it. H coach was a pill all night and not really happy about not being more direct with him. Overall just a crap night.

But I do have a question and I hope someone will give me a rules cite please. V1 drives lane, gathers for floater, which is blocked by H5 after release . V1 catches ball before returning to floor. I had nothing bc to me it would be the same as a player getting his own missed shot before it touches floor. H coach was not happy, wanted a travel. I know I didn't have a good game and feel free to ridicule me for eating floor, but can someone point me in right direction for this call? I'm just not able to think of any way it would be a travel, the ball was released on shot. Thanks in advance

[DRJ1960]

Correct no call. Control ends when shot released.

[ODog]

Yup, just a rebound.

Had the same thing the other night. Partner came in later and said, "We should have had a held ball there."
"Why?"
"The player returned to the floor with the ball."

Uhhh, that's only the second half of that potential held ball scenario. The "without it being released" part is the key that's missing.

[Kelvin green]

Even in the NBA that has this rule , it's not a travel because it was blocked...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

... feel free to ridicule me for eating floor ...

Why ridicule? They're painting the lines with too much paint these days, so it's easy to trip over them.

[Raymond]

The phrase you were looking for was "rebound a blocked shot", which is what V1 did.

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[BlueDevilRef]

Thanks BNR. And billy, I knew it couldn't have been my fault! Guys in my group are having a fun time with it already. I'm just glad I'm didn't break something or hurt myself.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

Guys in my group are having a fun time with it already.

A few weeks ago, I showed up for a girls varsity game at a (luckily) nearby high school. I arrived at the site very early to observe the officials in the junior varsity game and I immediately noticed that a boys junior varsity game was going on. At may age, I can be forgetful, so no big deal, I'm working a boys game that night. Just before halftime of the junior varsity game, two (remember, this is two person Connecticut) varsity officials walk in. Turns out that my girls game at that school was the next night.

Our monthly board meeting was a few days later. Sure enough, our interpreter "complimented" me, in front of over three hundred members, for showing up really early for a game.

It actually wasn't that bad because right after the announcement about me, the interpreter announced that another official showed up on the right night for his game, but with no equipment bag. He had taken the wrong car that morning.

Officiating is a brotherhood, and like brothers, we really like to poke fun at each other.

Note: Our guys are always very strongly encouraged to confirm games. Neither the athletic director, nor my partner, noticed that I put the right date, but the wrong day of the week, in my confirmation email.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

A few weeks ago, I showed up for a girls varsity game at a (luckily) nearby high school. I arrived at the site very early to observe the officials in the junior varsity game and I immediately noticed that a boys junior varsity game was going on. At may age, I can be forgetful, so no big deal, I'm working a boys game that night. Just before halftime of the junior varsity game, two (remember, this is two person Connecticut) varsity officials walk in. Sure enough, turns out that my girls game at that school was the next night.

I thought you were going to say you were at the wrong school.

Almost every time I get to a school for a game something creeps into my head to make me think I'm at the wrong place, so I grab my phone quickly to double-check my schedule.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

I thought you were going to say you were at the wrong school.

That was my original thought. I was (wrongly) at School B. Since Boys School A was at Boys School B that night, I figured that Girls School B could be at Girls School A the same night (some schools schedule that way). That would have been a big problem since it was rush hour and I would of had to go through big city (big city for Connecticut) traffic to get to School A. I was pleased to just go home and eat a late dinner.