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Team A inbounds directly in front of Team B bench and I drop the hammer to start the clock . Team B is pressuring the ball (man to man) and Player A dribbles across the court to far sideline and begins to move up to mid court where she is trapped and then stripped of the ball .I have gotten up to 4 on my visual count when ball is stripped . Team B then proceeds to run down the court and hit a layup to bring them within 1 . After the ball goes thru the hoop I glance up at the clock and see it start at that moment . I blow my whistle and call the end of the game citing definitive knowledege of the time that had elapsed .Now my definitive knowledge may have been more of a guestimation as I had a 4 count when Team A had possession ,then roughly another second elapsed on the trap and finally I don't think it is possible for a mediocre 6th grade girl player to race from mid court and put in a layup in 2 seconds .
I thought I made a good call but my partner overruled me....yes I said overruled me and instucted them to put 1.6 seconds on the clock (we played out the 1.6 with nothing happening). Now before you tell me he can't overrule me I agree with you but he is my "mentor" as this is my first year and he is a seasoned D1 official . We talked about it in our "locker room" after the game and I told him that I did not agree with what he did but he called it good game management...which again I disagreed with .
Is there anything I could have done differently (other then checking to make sure the clock had started)....
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Wed Oct 27, 2004, 12:05pm
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