T for being out of bounds.

[hbioteach]

Team A has the ball with 20 seconds left in the 2nd quarter. Team A's point guard calls a play. A1 steps and stays completely out of bounds directly under the center of the lane (under the basket). I'm the lead and A1 stays out of bounds 1,2,3,4,5 seconds not going anywhere. I call a T on A1. Any thoughts.

[ChuckElias]

Welcome to the forum! Glad you've found us. As to your question, by rule you were correct. Being OOB for an unauthorized reason, or delaying your return after being OOB for a legitimate reason are both technical fouls.

If the player OOB had no impact on the play in question, I might have first urged him to get inbounds and then explained to him that he's not allowed to do that, as soon as I got the chance.

But by rule, and especially if he then stepped inbounds to receive a wide open pass for a lay-up, you were correct.

[footlocker]

great call. what a dumb coach! designing a play where a player leaves the court. basketball 101. they deserve teh T and I love when that this coach looked like an idiot to everyone- players, parents and other coach. good call. designing a play to have a player out of bounds...