No Timeouts - end of the game

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo

Team A has no TOs left ... Team A down 2 and tries to call time out ... do you grant it and then proceed with the tech or since you have knowledge that they have none left do you ignore the request?

Always grant the request. To deliberately ignore a rule compromises your integrity as an official. If a T becomes warranted, then so be it.

Having said that, you must be sure that the head coach was requesting the time out.

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Always grant the request. To deliberately ignore a rule compromises your integrity as an official. If a T becomes warranted, then so be it.

Right! Who knows, maybe Team B misses both FTs & Team A steals the throw-in at half court for the hail mary 3 & win by 1... it can be or should I say it could've been done.

[Tio]

An NCAA crew was suspended this year for an official "ignoring" a visual request made by a player for a timeout.

I think the conference's response is enough reason to call the timeout. I wouldn't call the technical at the spot of the timeout. I would wait until the table informs you that the team is out of timeouts.

[Hartsy]

Originally Posted by Tio

An NCAA crew was suspended this year for an official "ignoring" a visual request made by a player for a timeout.

I think the conference's response is enough reason to call the timeout. I wouldn't call the technical at the spot of the timeout. I would wait until the table informs you that the team is out of timeouts.

Precisely why I never ask the table how many timeouts each team has. I have to grant the (proper) request anyhow. I don't count fouls or timeouts. Coaches are best for that.

I will, however, ask the scorers if their books match. I don't want to figure out later that Team A has a TO left by their math, but none available according to the Team B scorebook.

[Johnny Ringo]

Thanks you to all ... that is exactly what I thought should have happened!

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Hartsy

Precisely why I never ask the table how many timeouts each team has. I have to grant the (proper) request anyhow. I don't count fouls or timeouts. Coaches are best for that.

We've had this discussion on the forum before as to whose responsibility it is to know how many timeouts teams have left, whose responsibility it is to inform the benches/coaches....and at what level (10U, 12U, AAU, MS, HS, etc). But, for the most part, we agree - ya WHACK EM!