first T of the year

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Thanks all. I agree that I should've just went with "she lost it" rather than the extra words. One of the problems I'm going to have is that I know a lot of these people, having coached in this league for 11 years. So I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and give them a little more explanation when I can. The guy I T'd was kind to me when I was coaching, so I'm didn't have my shields up when he fired his missile. I'll learn from this one however.

We have a mentor program in our chapter so I sent this scenario to mine and he said he thinks the coach was just testing me, and I won't have any more problems with him since I passed his test.

I did have a little emotion in calling the T, not quite like calling any normal violation or foul. I'll have to get better at that.

Not much else to report in this game. I started the 4th quarter putting the ball on the floor when the visitors didn't break their huddle after two horns and two whistles from me. They didn't make it in time and violated the five-second provision of the rule.

With the score tied and 10 seconds left in the 4th, home got a defensive rebound, and the rebounder trying to clear space to make an outlet pass shoved into the defender. I called the offensive foul (easy call, no complaints) and visitors got the last shot chance. They missed too soon, and home got off a halfcourt shot that was in and out.

Then with 3.4 left in OT, I administer visitors inbound backcourt sideline about FT line extended. Long pass is picked off, poked away right to a visitor player who hit a six-footer that was out of hand with about 0.5 left. I call it good (again easy call) and we hustle off the court with the home coach calling for a travel. No idea why, she just caught it and shot it.

Fun game. Today 8th grade girls shortly then HS JV girls again tonight, but this one probably won't be close.