Great games tonight for me

[jdw3018]

Man, I had a great night and just wanted to share. Some of you know I've moved to a new state, so to some extent have been starting over after getting about a half-varsity schedule in my old state last year.

Well, I've been working hard and have had about 20 JV and MS games already, and today it worked out and I got called to fill in a B/G V double-header. Two small schools that are passionate about their basketball and have some darn good players.

It was the best game of the season for me, the crew was good and we were in rythym the entire night. Both games came down to the final minute. Handed out one T for a girl talking trash at another after scoring on her, warned a head coach for her assistant making noise, and tossed one fan for language right on the sideline. (BTW, I didn't do all of these...one of us did each). In spite of that it was a blast, the crowd was rocking, the players played hard and, in the boys game, above the rim.

After, only two plays had me thinking. One was an OOB I think I blew - one of those that I called instinctually, then after inbounding I kept replaying thinking it was probably the wrong call. The other was an intentional foul call at the end of the boys game. A semi-breakaway for the team up 3 with about 30 seconds left, and I called a solid hack by the defender, who then followed up by reaching around the back and grabbing the offensive player. I came up w/ an IF call based on the grab, but wonder if a simple common foul would have sufficed based on the initial contact.

Any comments on the IF situation are welcome, and thanks for letting me share!