Interesting Timing Error

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

You KNOW what the clock read on the FT attempt and just prior to the rebound being touched.
You KNOW what the clock shows now.

There is definite knowledge of those two times.

However, for anything in between there is no definite knowledge. To pick one of those times and put that back up is simply fabrication.

Think about it, get someone to explain it to you, if necessary.

You also know that that some time should have run off the clock since the ball was rebounded before the horn. So, you know that putting the time that was on the clock at the time of the FT is also not the correct time. Putting that time on the clock is a fabrication too since it is not the correct time. Knowing what was on the clock at some time prior to an error is not the same as knowing what time should be on the clock.

Heck, I know that the quarter started with 8:00 on the clock. Since I know that for sure, can I just put 8:00 on the clock anytime there is a timing error where I don't know how much correction needs to be made?

Definite knowledge is not about what used to be on the clock but how much should now be on the clock. This can sometimes be derived by combining how much used to be on the clock with any counts that the officials has but it is not sufficient alone to just put it back to some prior time that was known to be on the clock.

Your choices are to either leave it at 0 or to put it as some time between 0 and the starting time if you can determine how much time should have elapsed. There are no other choices.