NCAA Time Out Delay

[rlarry]

Just got this in my email. Sounds like a great idea to me.

1/14/09

Good morning,

Please pass this bulletin along to your officials and coaches ASAP. For the sake of standardization, let's put this practice into effect on Saturday, January 17, 2009. That should give you plenty of time to "spread the word" to your stakeholders.

In light of the fact that we lack a consistent, national policy on how to encourage teams to be ready to resume play at the second horn for 30 second Time Outs, 20 seconds to Replace Disqualified Players and Full Time Outs, henceforth, if a team is not "breaking the huddle" or a substitute has not reported at the second horn, the official nearest the offending huddle OR the official about to administer the throw in, should issue a DELAY of GAME WARNING to the offending team. Thereafter, any delays in "breaking the huddle" or having a substitute for a disqualified player at the second horn, should result in the assessment of a Class B Technical Foul assessed to the Head Coach of the offending team. As a good rule of thumb, if the official is ready to "put the ball on the floor" to resume play, he should issue a Delay of Game Warning instead, and then proceed as outlined. While "putting the ball on the floor" often achieved the desired result of resumption of play, the previously described method of handling these delays will now be managed the same in all leagues and conferences, at all levels of college basketball.

Please call or email me if you have any questions about this policy. We will include it in next year's CCA Mechanics Manual. Your help in managing this problem, will be Good For The Game.

John W. Adams
NCAA Supervisor of Officials