Another first for me

[ronny mulkey]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Ronny, does it matter that it was my partner who blew the whistle to grant the TO? I checked the clock when the ball went in (game clock was mounted with shot clock at the top of the backboard), b/c this is what I normally do in a college game.

I believe that the rule is talking about reaction time for timer. It implies that the timer's reaction time shouldn't be anymore than it would take for an official to react to a whistle and then glance at the clock. The casebook play is referring to an official doing both. I would think it could take 2 officials even longer to react. If I know in my heart that I was not looking at the clock when my partner's whistle went off and then I glanced and caught .6, then I would put it back to .6. Those tenths are cascading under 1.0. .6 looks like .7, .6, .5 to me?

But, the timer can't be reacting to your recognition of the ball going in. You recognized .6 AFTER the ball went in. Somebody has to blow the whistle for the timer. Because the coach can't be granted a TO until after the ball went in, I doubt that if your partner could recognize a coach's request, blow his whistle and expect the timer to react in the .6 that you saw left AFTER the basket went in.

Sounds like you made the right call. Damn good pickup on the clock, BTW. The college officials that work with our high school group are way more clock conscious that us regular high school guys.

Mulk