Clock reads 0:00

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jdmara

I would love to hear a story

I've actually officiated a game in which the clock operator stopped the clock (on a whistle) at the exact same time as the clock expired. This situation resulted in 0:00.0 on the clock without a horn. In fact we were astonished that when we "started" the clock on the touch (after the in-bounds) the horn did not sound. Freak accident but it's possible, I guess. Does that mean we should still be playing since we didn't hear the horn? Just kidding guys, but it really did happen.

-Josh

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Does this answer your question?

5.6 SITUATION: A1 is fouled in the act of shooting by B1. A1's try or tap is successful to make the score with Team A leading 62-58. When the foul occurs, the clock is stopped with 0:00 showing, but the signal has not sounded. RULING: A1 will attempt the free throw with lane spaces occupied as required. The fourth period time has not expired until the signal sounds.

They did play on in Josh's situation. However, when play started the horn never did end up sounding. So he was asking, tongue-in-cheek, if that means the game should still be playing now. Not if they should have continued playing the game.

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

They did play on in Josh's situation. However, when play started the horn never did end up sounding. So he was asking, tongue-in-cheek, if that means the game should still be playing now. Not if they should have continued playing the game.

This Sunday, obviously the horn sounded because there was, in fact, a half second left but I have had the aforementioned situation also occur in the past. We were unsure of the correct ruling so we discussed it with each other then conveyed our decision to the teams. Like I said before, these were a good bunch of guys so there was no gripping or complaints. Thanks for all the thoughts gentleman

-Josh