Question for you NCAA officials...I'm a NFHS official who has the opportunity to officiate a D-III scrimmage tonight, and I just want a quick clarification for tonight. On last shot situations, the table side official, whether trail or center, has the last shot, correct? Now what about on shot clock violations? Whose responsibility is that?

either the trail or slot, OPPOSITE THE TABLE, has last 2nd shots....
either trail or slot on shot clock violation

If it's mens then the C or T OPPOSITE table has the last shot except for unusual situations.

I'm not sure how the women's side handles it.

In any case pregame this with the crew. Hopefully you'll have a very good pregame, get there early.

THANKS!

In Women's, the C always has last second shot...as for shot-clock violations, it's whose primary the ball is in at the time of the violation, so all three could possibly call a shot-clock violation at one point or another...

This is why many crews "lock down" after a certain point on the game clock. No rotations after a set point, maybe within the last shot clock period (30 seconds). Since the C always has the last shot, they don't want to change the C at the last second and have confusion about who has responsibility for the shot.

Rocky, is there a mandated lock down for all NCAAW crews? Or is it a crew-by-crew decision?

I worked a couple of 3-person NCAAW scrimmages this year and was told that there was no rotation in the last minute (although L could still come across if there was a good reason).

WHOA!! The last minute??? Wrong...No rotations once the shot clock has been turned off...most of us also add when we under 5 (or 8) seconds on any shot clock period...the L can still come across if needed, but the C and T do not rotate so there's no mix-up on who has the clock...

That is correct, as long as we have a shot clock on, we can still rotate in the women's side. I do both, and that is how we handle the end of game here in Texas.

How we do it here is to lock down the C and T with less than 30 seconds to go, the L can go back and forth as he sees fit, but it's up to him to balance the floor again if the ball goes the other way.