Appropriate technical foul. The kid threw an elbow and then trash-talked. Could have easily led to a fight. Do you need someone to blame? Blame the player for being an idiot and blame the coach for not having more control of his players.

You're kidding, right?

Throwing the elbow is a technical foul. Had he connected with the elbow, I would certainly have ejected him.

Mouthing off to the opponent is a technical foul.

Both, an very, very easy technical foul.

Instead of blaming the official, you should be upset with your idiot player for helping your team lose the game.

For $5k I hope she at least pulled his lever.

nyuk nyuk nyuk

Ball handler swung his elbow. Good call.

I think it was a justified call. Either way it goes a player has to keep their cool. He was being fouled near the end of the game. And the player had a chance to redeem himself and missed the FT. The bottom line, blame the kid for his actions, not the officials.

Peace

$4300? There's got to be a MasterCard commercial in there somewhere.

I saw the subject line and got excited. Now it would just be piling on, though. I won't watch the clip, I'll just wait for the book.

(If you've made it this far in the responses,) You won't find an official on here worth anything that says this should not have been a technical foul. That's because, as plenty have stated (BktBallRef's points, in particular, outline the most basic and accurate details), it is and should be a technical foul by NFHS and NCAA standards.

It's hard....
 

... to enter the booth and pull the lever for your candidate!

I will give the OP partial credit for at least being open and honest in what he's looking for. :D

And for the record, OP, I agree. It was a terrible T. It's absolutely, inexcusably horrible how your man robbed your team with his inability to control his emotions during a critical part of the game. Fortunately for him, the other kid walked away. Or your man may well have cost your team more than just a T.

Good job on the ref's part too to pick that up quickly and deal with it before it got any worse. Who knows what else your man might have cost your team if the ref hadn't called that T.

Edited to inject a dose of reality

You have to be 18 to vote.

Damn, I can't vote either. I'm older than 18.

I should know better to be really, really specific on this site..........:D

If you go to the NY state governor's website you'll find a link to an organization that will help you relieve some of that excitement.

For only $4300(train fare included).......