Girls High School BB (NY State)

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

2005 IAABO Refresher Exam

73) Squad member #45 missed the bus and is not present at the time the squad list and starting lineup must be submitted for team members. During the pregame warm up, the referee counts eleven team members for team A, but while checking the book, team A has twelve team members listed. Referee informs the coach that the squad member who is not present may not be placed in the book, even if he/she will get to the game late. Is the referee correct?

73) Yes: Rule 3, Section 2, Article 1, Rule 4, Section 34, Article 4.

Almost every one in my local board got this question wrong. We disagreed with the answer and citation then, and we still disagree with the answer and citation. If I recall, we got some type of explanation involving the definition of a "team member" involving a squad member being ready and eligible to play.

Additionally, almost everyone on this forum also disagreed with that IAABO ruling when the question was posed a while back. I'm not currently in an IAABO state, so the ruling wouldn't apply to my games, but those that are would face a difficult choice in whether or not to enforce it.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

During the 25 years that I coached middle school basketball, I would put all 14 of my team members' names and numbers, in numerical order, in the book for every game, even if I knew that they would miss the game due to injury or illness.

I believe that is an intelligent thing to do. You never know when some strange event is going to happen that causes the game to be interrupted in the middle and then played to completion at a later date. I've seen a gym lose power at halftime and not be able to restore it and a roof which had multiple small leaks that caused water to drip onto the floor in various locations so that the referee deemed the court unsafe for play. Furthermore, I've been told of an instance in which a fight broke out in the crowd and 100s of people were on the court. All three resulted in the game being suspended.

Now if your point guard had a twisted ankle and was unable to participate when the game was started, but has recovered and is able to go two weeks later when the league/state association deems that the game will be continued from where it was interrupted, you now have the services of this player without needing to add a name to the scorebook and get dinged for technical foul.