Leaving the court--Tech Foul?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

In a game I saw last year where a T was given. A player is substituted after an inbound. Goes off and on then off and is off when the play is resumed. Coach didn't mean for him to be subbed. But he is standing to the side(table) of the coach right near the sideline. I know the player must be at the bench or at the table but in this case it could have been confusing to the defense whether or not the player was in. He just stood there for about five seconds or so and then the T was given. Would that be a delay of game warning or a T?

There is no delay of game warning for a bench player being up off the bench. It's a T; sometimes we'll warn the coach, but it's not official and it's not required.

The question is, had this player been subbed for, meaning there were 5 other players on the court at the time? If so, he's bench personnel and must be in the bench area during play. Standing on a sideline someplace else is defenitely T worthy.

If he was one of the 5, there is a T for delaying a return to the playing court after being out of bounds for a legitimate reason.

I'm not sure from this post which situation this was.

[mutantducky]

thanks for the replies- and from the original posts I learned it wasn't a delay of game. In mine there were five other players and the player who just subbed out continued to stand on the sideline between the table and where the coach was. So I guess a delay isn't called for there and a T is ok but not on the specific player.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by mutantducky

A player is substituted after an inbound. Goes off and on then off and is off when the play is resumed.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

If he was one of the 5, there is a T for delaying a return to the playing court after being out of bounds for a legitimate reason.

Now why doesn't that sound right to me?

10.3.2 SITUATION B:

After a lengthy substitution process involving multiple substitutions for both Team A and Team B, A5 goes to the bench and remains there, mistakenly believing he/she has been replaced. The ball is put in play even though Team A has only four players on the court. Team A is bringing the ball into A’s frontcourt when the coach of Team A realizes they have only four players. The coach yells for A5 to return and he/she sprints directly onto the court and catches up with the play. RULING: No technical foul is charged to A5. A5’s return to the court was not deceitful, nor did it provide A5 an unfair positioning advantage on the court.

Thanks for letting me show the new guy that we pick on you too, Snaqs.

PS If this player had been the thrower on the inbounds play, then Snaqs would be correct, but I don't believe that was the case in the situation described by mutantducky.