Agreed. It's an easier call if you can send them to overtime by rule. Let them finish it on the court.

Slightly more difficult to count the basket and give the defense the ball, down by one, with one second left. They should have played better defense.

Much more difficult if you have to take the basket away and end the game with the final offensive team down by one.

Oddly enough, leaving 11 seconds on the clock, counting the basket, and giving the ball to the non-scoring team may not be a bad option either, from a common sense perspective. While I don't find the argument that the rule support this response very persuasive, I can see the appeal of the solution.

Oh I never bring my own balls, I make the school furnish them ;)

It is a toughy. It's definitely one of those situations I hope to avoid in my career. Thanks to discussions like these, many of us can talk through what should be done and, hopefully, we can put to use if it were to ever happen.

-Josh

Ah, you're one of them "common sense" people. Better to make sure the participants don't feel bad. Wouldn't want that. But, how could you make the decision that one team scores a basket without any time coming off the clock? That's just not fair. The only fair way is do the whole play over. Wouldn't want one team to feel bad that they might not have had the same chances as the other team. That's the only common sense thing to do.

You're probably one of the parents that complained their kid wasn't getting a fair shake when facing this pitcher in baseball:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410162,00.html

;)

Dan told me to tell you to STFU. Woody agreed.

I'd say it myself, but I don't want to follow Woody into the fires of Hades.

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I heard about the CN Little League banning this little fella from pitching because he's too good at it. Mike Golic was brutal with them this morning.

I prefer to use my whistle.

Thanks anyway, Juggler.