KS - Neb Injury

[johnnyrao]

I learned a great lesson today watching the Kansas - Nebraska game. In the second half the Nebraksa center missed a layup. He tried to steal the ball and did a face plant on the court. Kansas immediately transitioned on a 5 - 4 break. As an official, I find myself watching the officials and not the players. The Center official kept glancing back and forth from both ends of the court. As KS had the ball on the top of the key the announcer said that a Nebraska player was still down with an injury at the other end. KS made an inside pass, missed a shot that rebounded back to them at the foul line. The C immediately stopped play for the injury. Player had a bloody nose. I thought this was great game management because C kept glancing to see the injured player, they gave KS one shot since they were in transition, and immediately stopped play. I find myself always wanting to stop the game when a player gets injured. Obviously this is all dependent on the level of the play but I think the way this crew handled it would also be appropriate for a HS level game.