Resumption of Play Procedure

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by johnnyrao

I tried to find this in the rule book or case book but I can't. Can someone tell me if this situation is in either book: After halftime Team A is entitled to the throw-in. Team A is on the court, but Team B is still in the locker room. At the horn Team A is ready to play and Team B is still not on the court. I think the correct procedure is that you put the ball in play with only Team A on the court. If they score you then assess a T on Team B for delay and then give Team A two free throws and the ball. However, I also think this may not be correct because I think about what would happen if you inbound the ball and then Team B runs out of the locker room and onto the floor. How do you prevent them from running on the floor? If they do, do you assess T's for all Team B players for illelgal substitution? This option does have the potential to get out of hand. The other option is to assess a T to Team B at the beginning of the half and not inbound the ball. This happened in a JV game one of our officials worked last week. He asked me about it and I had to admit that I was not sure.

You weren't at my game on Saturday night, were you? We almost had this. B came out at the last second (that is, the last secodn of the minute after the clock ran down for the half-time). All 12 players ran onto the court from the locker room. 5 stopped on the court to play defense; the others ran to the bench. Coach A didn't like our ruling; he said he was going to "look in the rule book after the game."

[johnnyrao]

If this happens and it results in a technical foul for delay, I am thinking that you do NOT change the possession arrow. So, if Team B delays and Team A had the AP throw-in, you would assess a T against Team B for delay, award the free-throws to Team A and then give them the ball for a throw-in. However, Team A would still retain the arrow since the throw-in is the result of the technical foul. Is that right?

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by johnnyrao

if Team B delays and Team A had the AP throw-in, you would assess a T against Team B for delay, award the free-throws to Team A and then give them the ball for a throw-in. However, Team A would still retain the arrow since the throw-in is the result of the technical foul. Is that right?

Yup.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You weren't at my game on Saturday night, were you? We almost had this. B came out at the last second (that is, the last secodn of the minute after the clock ran down for the half-time). All 12 players ran onto the court from the locker room. 5 stopped on the court to play defense; the others ran to the bench. Coach A didn't like our ruling; he said he was going to "look in the rule book after the game."

Tempting to place a bet, isn't it?

[ChrisSportsFan]

Me thinks you should make sure that they have been notified. Sometimes, the visiting team has a bit of a walk to their locker room and may lose track of time. While I certainly think the coaching staff needs to take responsibility to watch their time, game mgmt is also expected to notify them at 3 minutes.

[Jway44]

Originally Posted by ChrisSportsFan

Me thinks you should make sure that they have been notified. Sometimes, the visiting team has a bit of a walk to their locker room and may lose track of time. While I certainly think the coaching staff needs to take responsibility to watch their time, game mgmt is also expected to notify them at 3 minutes.

Yes, game management should let them know at the 3 minute mark. After that, they are on their own.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by ChrisSportsFan

Me thinks you should make sure that they have been notified.

I did. The coach of the late team agreed that he had been notified.