Remaining players

[BlueDevilRef]

Settle a debate: how many players must a team have to finish a game? My cohort says at least two (throw ins etc) but I maintain one if you reasonably believe that team can win the game.

I tried searching but the function is screwy on my phone.

Has anyone ever gotten to less than 3 or 4 on five? I've had 3v 5 in wreck ball but not in NFHS sanctioned ball.

You are right, your buddy is wrong.

[BlueDevilRef]

Originally Posted by AremRed

You are right, your buddy is wrong.

My vote for post o'the week

[Rich]

We finished a GV game with 4 last week.

6 players fouled out. I'm not making that up.

[RefsNCoaches]

Interesting thought...I am pretty sure you could finish with one player but that does pose the question of the team with only one player inbounding the ball if it came to that.

I guess they'd have to throw it pretty high in the air toward half court and hope the individual throwing it in could get it after a muff or tip by the defensive team

[Valley Man]

Before I started officiating once I retired from coaching, we finished a game with 2 players .. and won

[BigT]

I think a team down to two would realize they better not foul cuz one is going to be hard to play with. And the team with 5 is going to pass the ball and hold it cuz they can easily avoid 2 guys on the floor..haha

[Rich]

Originally Posted by RefsNCoaches

Interesting thought...I am pretty sure you could finish with one player but that does pose the question of the team with only one player inbounding the ball if it came to that.

I guess they'd have to throw it pretty high in the air toward half court and hope the individual throwing it in could get it after a muff or tip by the defensive team

It would take a very specific situation where a team would be allowed to continue with one player.

The inbounder could throw it off an opponent -- that's about it.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Rich

It would take a very specific situation where a team would be allowed to continue with one player.

The inbounder could throw it off an opponent -- that's about it.

Or not throw it in at all and just take the violation.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Or not throw it in at all and just take the violation.

If the other team doesn't touch the inbound "pass" it's essentially the same thing.

We did a JUCO game with 5 on each team a few weeks ago. All these horrible scenarios crossed my mind, but then nobody fouled out (a player got a 4th with about a minute left).

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Rich

It would take a very specific situation where a team would be allowed to continue with one player.

The inbounder could throw it off an opponent -- that's about it.

Here's how I always envisioned it:
Team A (with one player remaining), up by 8-10 points with only a minute or two left in the game.
Team B with 2-3 players remaining, and no timeouts.

Team B shoots, scores. Team A player simply doesn't move to inbound the ball... let the official decide when the throw-in count starts, and whistle the 5-second violation accordingly. Best guess, Team A could run 7-9 seconds off the clock after every made basket by Team B. Assuming Team B takes 2 seconds to score after inbounding, Team A could run off 40ish seconds with 4 possessions, which might be enough to secure the win.

Once Team B takes the lead, of course, the game is over.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Here's how I always envisioned it:
Team A (with one player remaining), up by 8-10 points with only a minute or two left in the game.
Team B with 2-3 players remaining, and no timeouts.

Team B shoots, scores. Team A player simply doesn't move to inbound the ball... let the official decide when the throw-in count starts, and whistle the 5-second violation accordingly. Best guess, Team A could run 7-9 seconds off the clock after every made basket by Team B. Assuming Team B takes 2 seconds to score after inbounding, Team A could run off 40ish seconds with 4 possessions, which might be enough to secure the win.

Once Team B takes the lead, of course, the game is over.

If the Team A player was smart, they would wait for the official to begin the 5 second count. Then, when the count gets to 4, throw the ball toward the other end of the court with some serious backspin on it, hoping it wouldn't go out of bounds. This would increase the amount of runoff after each basket made by their opponent.

[BlueDevilRef]

My argument was that if the team with one player was ahead by a lot, they would just have to take the violation each time they were to inbound the ball. Nightmare scenario to watch but I knew that's what the rule said. Anyone have the rule specific handy? My book is........well.....is somewhere but I don't recall where at the moment

[Raymond]

Had a JuCo game where one team only dressed 6 or 7 . They got down to 4 players with a minute left and trailing by 3. They sent the game to OT and continued to keep pace before another player fouled out. 5 v. 3 was too much to overcome.

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[LeeBallanfant]

I guess if the team with more than one player gets foul shots, they keep on shooting until they make them or violate.