Wrong team takes the ball OOB

[mick]

Originally posted by jdccpa
During my rookie season while doing a junior high game I had the following take place:
Blue team called a time out after a successful free throw by the white team. Typically in a junior high game with 15 players on the roster the coachs' make wholesale substitutions during these time outs.

At the end of the time out all 10 players were mulling around at midcourt trying to sort out defensive assignments.

Horn blows and I place the ball on the floor and yell "Blue ball" and start my count. When the players look and see the ball on the floor and me counting they (all ten) take off running towards me and the ball.

In a blur a white player inbounded the ball to a teammate who immediately put the ball into the basket. So help me with the scrum in front of me I didn't see who actually inbounded the ball. I thought white had intercepted the inbounds pass.

My partner blows his whistle and comes running.

We cancelled the white basket and started over again with Blue taking the ball out of bounds.
(We determined that the situtation was as a result of confusion.)

At the time, Casebook 10.1.8 seemed to cover this situation but the 2004-05 case book has eliminated the reference to "immediately....following a time out".
Does 10.1.8 now only apply to situations "immediately" following a goal or free throw" and if it happens after a time out we would now have an unsporting technical foul?

[Edited by jdccpa on Aug 15th, 2004 at 07:22 PM]

jdccpa,
With this being a Junior High game and with the players aged in the lower teens, we can allow some room for the confusion/lack-of-knowledge factors.

With wholesale changes and apparent confusion reigning, we can apply 3-3(e) without the young players (captains, if they exist) requesting matchups.
We make that decision for the good of the game. We can take a breath let 'em sort things out (maybe with help), then administer a few seconds later.

We, too, can apply 6-3 and 9-2-11 to effect a violation as opposed to looking for a technical foul.

We have some leeway to use for game management, as we wish, ...for the good of the game.
mick