Inadvertant 3 second call/Federation Rules
 

Team A is on offense and one of the officials mistakenly calls 3 seconds on team B (which is on DEFENSE). I can't find a reference in the rules or case book on what to do.

What was done, was to admit the error and give the ball back to team A and just contnue on with the rest of the game. This took place in the middle of the first quarter. The coaches were fine with it and the whole incident took about 5 seconds to straighten out. A common sense solution for sure ... but was it correct by the rules.

I could not find anything specific on this type of play in either the rule book or the case book.

Can anyone out there get me a reference point?

NFHS rule 4-36. You called it right.

from the NCAA (2005-2006) rulebook:

7.5 Art. 20. After an inadvertent whistle, play shall be resumed:
a. At a designated spot nearest to where the dead ball occurred when a team was in control of the ball. The ball shall be
awarded to the team that was in control;
b. At the original throw-in spot when the throw-in had not yet ended. The ball shall be awarded to the team that was in control
of the ball during the throw-in; or
c. With the use of the alternating-possession arrow when there was no team control before the whistle. The ball shall be
awarded at a spot nearest to where the ball was located when the whistle was blown.

A.R. 16. An official inadvertently blows the whistle and the shot-clock horn sounds while the ball, after being shot by A1, is in the air. How is play resumed when the shot (a) is successful or (b) does not strike the ring or flange or (c) strikes the ring or flange but does not enter the basket? RULING: In (a), the whistle, which was blown when there was no team control, and the shot-clock horn shall be ignored. The team not credited with the score shall be allowed to run the end line. In (b), ignore the inadvertent whistle and resume play by awarding the ball to Team B at the spot nearest to where the shot clock violation occurred. The violation takes precedence
over the inadvertent whistle. In (c), play shall be resumed by the alternating-possession procedure and the shot clock shall be reset to the full shot-clock period.

When the title of the thread specifies Federation Rules, why would you respond with the NCAA rule? :rolleyes:

Because they could. ;)

Peace

Because it annoys you is reason enough IMO.

LOL!!! :D

Peace

Because JR already responded with the FED ruling. So to show off my adept skills of "cutting and pasting" pdf files, I decided to give him the NCAA rule also.

Besides, you never know when Burtis will work some rec league that uses NCAA rules. ;)