A new one on me yesteday...

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by MidMadness

Happened yesterday, HS wreck ball...I am lead, shot goes up, caroms off the rim right to my partner who is at 3 point line, and not sure why, but he catches the ball.!!!!! Everyone stops for a second...looks at him.....and then he drops the ball to the ground and we play on. Should I have blown it dead and gone to the arrow?? I was dumbfounded.

I would have moved, but he is kind of new and he said his instinct was to catch it from all the years of playing. I suggested he try to work on that one pronto....lol

Pick the two players who are closest to him when he caught the ball, and on opposite teams, and have a mid-court jump ball between them at for possession.

In all seriousness, using the arrow is the way to go once the official gains possession. It's the only fair way to go, I think.