I think I goofed

[DanIvey]

Originally posted by lr2242
Did a sixth-grade girls game today and think I made a mistake. What should I have done?--Tense game--lots of screaming etc. I was across the court from the ball, which was somewhere in a mob of players. Team A had been in possession of the ball and had advanced it to their offensive end. From the corner of my eye I waw coach A signal for timeout. Just as I blew the whistle, player B came out of the tangle of players with the ball and made a layup. My whistle had already blown so I signalled the timeout, waved off the basket by B and announced team B would have possession on the sideline.

My partner came up to point out that we would have to give possession to team A. Since we had granted the timeout, team A 'must' have had possession. I bought his reasoning (which I think I regret) and informed coach B he would not have the ball after all. In retrospect I wish I would have admitted the mistaken timeout and stuck with my initial decision to award team B possession. Any advice appreciated.

Just one question. How did the Team B player "come out of the tangle of players" with the ball on A's "offensive end" and make a layup?

Sounds like you are correct lr2242, that it was a "mistaken timeout". Bite the bullet. Admit your mistake to the coaches...give Team A their "granted" time out and give Team B their ball back.