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pmasonf Mon Jan 19, 2004 05:11pm

I saw this recently in a girls high school game and I'm not sure if the ref's call was right. The ref throws up the ball for the opening tip and it goes to a player on team A. A player from team B immediately--and I mean immediately--grabs the ball for a held ball. The ref signalled that the player on team A never had posession and replayed the jump ball. I would have thought that even though the player from team A only had posession for a split second that would have been enough and the ball would go to team B on alternate possession.

BktBallRef Mon Jan 19, 2004 05:14pm

Whether Team A had possession or not is up to the official to decide. We have no way of knowing if he was correct or not.

Bart Tyson Mon Jan 19, 2004 07:41pm

Also the two players who tied it up are the new jumpers.

BigJoe Mon Jan 19, 2004 07:44pm

Good point Bart. I probably wouldn't have thought of that. It would have been like the "old days".

pmasonf Tue Jan 20, 2004 07:45am

New jumpers? That definitely wasn't done as the ref simply redid the opening jump. Interesting. Thanks for the education.

SoFL_Rookie Wed Jan 21, 2004 07:55am

Quote:

Originally posted by Bart Tyson
Also the two players who tied it up are the new jumpers.
Good call, ref.

I didn't know that. Right there in black & white in the case book: 6-3-1 Situation C (c).


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