Circling court in warm ups

[hugheske44]

I had a guy from our association just call me with a question. He was at a boys varsity contest. While getting captains at center court, the visiting team circles the entire court. The home teams coach comes running out to the captains meeting saying its a technical foul for "intimidation". The ref tells the coach, I was doing the captains meeting, I didnt see them do it. Then the 2 umpires(one of them is the guy that called me) both say they saw it and then decide to give the visiting team a technical foul to start the game.

Now Ive not heard of this except for the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) rules. It states the home team cannot encircle the visiting team on the court. But again thats the CYO and this was MHSAA, NFHS rules.

So I told the guy I thought they did the wrong thing, now I wanna hear from you guys. I lurk a lot and learn a lot from you guys so thanks in advance!~~~Kelly

[grunewar]

It was just recently discussed:

Team Pre-Game Perimeter Lap

Bottom Line: Check with your state.

[Indianaref]

Probably have to check with your state association about the lap thing. The two umpires obviously saw something that reflected baiting or taunting. I would take their word for it.

[hugheske44]

Thank you and sorry for the duplication in threads! The guy that called me has emailed Mark Uyl from the MHSAA to see what he has to say about it. Thanks again~~~

[shishstripes]

Wasn't this a POE within the last 10 years about making sure teams don't interfere with another team's warmup by cutting through or being in the opponent's side of the court?

AK has no rule against running around the court but what more did the visiting team do? All the U's said was that they saw them run around the court. Did they see them trying to "intimidate" or taunt the home team? Is there a rule in your state that says you cannot run around the court during warmups? Did they interfere with the home team's warm-up by cutting through their court?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by shishstripes

Wasn't this a POE within the last 10 years about making sure teams don't interfere with another team's warmup by cutting through or being in the opponent's side of the court?

Uh, yeah, the POE that I cited in that other thread.

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Uh, yeah, the POE that I cited in that other thread.

There goes the New Year's resolution.

[LouisianaDave]

In Louisiana this is an Automatic T, but I think this rule is similar to the coaching box that some states have and others dont.