Ten Seconds ...

[BillyMac]

Local topic of discussion.

Note that Connecticut uses the shot clock for ten second counts (no counting signal).

Situation: After a made basket, the ball is inbounded by the new offensive team. The shot clock does not start properly, and the official notices that two seconds have gone by without the shot clock moving. The defensive team is pressing. What is the procedure for the official to follow here? If the official stops play to fix the shot clock, does the offense get a new 10-seconds in the backcourt?

Local answer: If you have definitive knowledge about the time that elapsed from the game clock, you should blow your whistle immediately and stop the play. Have the shot clock operator remove 2 seconds from the shot clock to mirror the game clock. Reset the team in possession of the ball out of bounds at a spot nearest to where you stopped play, and they have 8 seconds remaining to get the ball into the frontcourt.

My question: With any other whistles (defensive out of bounds, timeout, defensive foul, unusual situation, inadvertent whistle, etc.) during a ten second count, doesn't the offensive team get a full ten seconds after the ball is put back in play?

In a subvarsity game with no shot clock wouldn't the offensive team get full ten seconds after such whistles (defensive out of bounds, timeout, defensive foul, unusual situation, inadvertent whistle, etc.)?

NFHS citation for only an eight second count after the ball is put back in play in a shot clock game please?