Five Second Violation

[Official99]

A partner of mine had this in a game Sunday afternoon. I completely agree with him and think he handled it correctly...

NCAA rules, two rival teams. Second half, score is close, anyones game. Less than 2 minutes on the clock. We just had a violation on Team B in the begining of transition giving the ball back to Team A in Team A's front court on the baseline. My partner in the lead position (but opposite tableside) hands A1 the ball out of bounds and starts the count. Three seconds into his count the horn sounds for subs. My other partner who is tableside (center official) doesn't allow them in and I hear my partner in the Lead position tell A1 very clearly to "keep playing keep playing."

A second later, A1 throws the ball back to the lead official. My partner the lead official hands the ball back to him and gives him three more seconds and calls for a five second violation.

I agree with my partner because I think A1 knew he was screwed and was running out of time. If my partner didn't call it, there would have been a disadvantage given to Team B who was playing great defense to prevent the entry of the ball.

The game ended with Team A winning by four points. Great game! I was lucky too, I had two great partners who kept the game moving and called a very consistant game!