Should I have done anything different?

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

Do the proper mechanics is all you can do, the OP was just a case of a bad net and a little loss of focus, which is easy to do in a girls game when you have a mosh pit on every rebound.

Just for the record, the correct mechanics around here are to step down and out on the shot, whether it's boys or girls. Not all girls' games have a mosh pit under the basket after every shot, especially at the varsity level.

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Just for the record, the correct mechanics around here are to step down and out on the shot, whether it's boys or girls. Not all girls' games have a mosh pit under the basket after every shot, especially at the varsity level.

How many HS girls games have you had with plenty of rebounding action at or above rim level?

Girls play horizontal, it's that simple, and that means more contact, more players in the lane after a shot and a lot less focus by the officials on the ball around the basket.

I can usually count on one hand the number of times per game the girls will attack the ball on a rebound and jump and go get it. That is the biggest adjustment I have to make doing both boys and girls games...at times the very next night...is that the basket violations come into play and I have to split my focus more.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

How many HS girls games have you had with plenty of rebounding action at or above rim level?

Girls play horizontal, it's that simple, and that means more contact, more players in the lane after a shot and a lot less focus by the officials on the ball around the basket.

I can usually count on one hand the number of times per game the girls will attack the ball on a rebound and jump and go get it. That is the biggest adjustment I have to make doing both boys and girls games...at times the very next night...is that the basket violations come into play and I have to split my focus more.

I've had zero hs girls' games with any play above the rim. But that doesn't mean that they just bunch up under the basket. "Girls' play horizontal, it's that simple, and that means more contact" fine so far. Why does that mean more players in the lane after a shot? I don't follow you. And thus less focus on the ball by the official? Wow, I hope not!

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

I've had zero hs girls' games with any play above the rim. But that doesn't mean that they just bunch up under the basket. "Girls' play horizontal, it's that simple, and that means more contact" fine so far. Why does that mean more players in the lane after a shot? I don't follow you. And thus less focus on the ball by the official? Wow, I hope not!

First off I said, "Focus on the ball around the basket, IOW I'm not worrying about GT or BI, so my entire focus is on the players.

Second, I find myself working much lower and more off the sideline as trail when doing the girls, and it's not because I know I risk getting beat back in a boys game, it's because I can since the action is lower and more congested with the girls.

[MadCityRef]

And did you tell game management to get a new net for the 2nd half?

[Lotto]

Originally Posted by MadCityRef

And did you tell game management to get a new net for the 2nd half?

The AD was already out there with a ladder by the time we changed the arrow and checked the book.

[BillyMac]

My worst call of the year: Girls varsity. A few seconds to go in the first quarter. I'm the trail, responsible for the shot and the clock. A-1 attempts a three-pointer from my primary with no defender near her. Still no horn. I watch the flight of the ball. It clangs off the rim and bounces high above the rim. Still no horn. In a boys game, I would be watching for basket interference, but since it was a girls game, I decided to glance at the clock, due to the new definite time knowledge rule, in case of a rebounding foul. Tenths of a second left. I turn back to the ball and basket to see the ball enter the basket at the buzzer. I count the three-pointer to end the quarter.

A few Team B players politely tell me the ball hit a supporting wire. I can also tell from the reaction of the crowd that it probably hit the supporting wire. I go to my partner who was the lead, to see if he can help me. Of course he can't, which I already knew, because his responsibility is to keep his eyes down, looking for rebounding fouls. But I ask him anyway, to show the Team B head coach, who is questioning my call, that I'm trying to get as much information as possible. My partner says that he didn't see it hit the supporting wire. I tell the Team B head coach that I can't change a call without definite knowledge, and I say "I'm sorry if I missed it". He says, "Sorry doesn't take away the three points" and appears very upset with me.

In the locker room at halftime, the junior varsity officials, who had stayed to watch the varsity game, say that the ball did hit the supporting wire. Going onto the court after halftime, the Team B head coach apologizes for losing his temper, which never even approached the need for a technical foul. I accept his apology, and explain to him that I missed the ball touching the supporting wire because I had glanced at the clock to check the time. Before the second half started, all the members of the table crew, from both teams told me that the ball had hit the supporting wire.

My question: Since the scorers and the timer at the table are considered part of our officiating crew, could I have gone to them for help on this call at the end of the first quarter to correct the call ?