Sub after made basket late in game

[Coach Bill]

NFHS Varsity game. Team A is making a furious rally and is out of timeouts when they score to go down 3 with about 8 seconds left. The ball bounds slightly away and Team B is making minimal effort (walking slowly) to go after it. The ref blows the whistle to stop the clock (good call in my opinion). Team B makes a sub. I wasn't close enough to the action to hear what was said, but the refs sent the sub back and brought back the other guy that was in.

Without being there, could anyone speculate what the reason could be for this?

[jdw3018]

Not knowing the rules?

[Adam]

College refs working the high school game?

[Coach Bill]

Sub entering didn't have his shirt tucked in?

Sub entering had blood somewhere?

My guess was that he had to have been at the table at the time the ref stopped the clock. But, that's not the case?

[Adam]

Not the case. They need to be there before we're ready to put the ball in play.

[Vinski]

Why did the ref blow the whistle and why was it a good call? If the ball was reasonably accessible, the ref should have just started the chop.

[TonyT]

Originally Posted by Coach Bill

NFHS Varsity game. Team A is making a furious rally and is out of timeouts when they score to go down 3 with about 8 seconds left. The ball bounds slightly away and Team B is making minimal effort (walking slowly) to go after it. The ref blows the whistle to stop the clock (good call in my opinion). Team B makes a sub. I wasn't close enough to the action to hear what was said, but the refs sent the sub back and brought back the other guy that was in.

Without being there, could anyone speculate what the reason could be for this?

The only way a sub could come into the game was if Team B called a time out. They have 5 seconds to in bound the ball it was smart in not being in a hurry. I don't think the ref should of stopped the clock IMO.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by TonyT

The only way a sub could come into the game was if Team B called a time out. They have 5 seconds to in bound the ball it was smart in not being in a hurry. I don't think the ref should of stopped the clock IMO.

#1, if the clock is stopped and the sub reports, you have to let him in. B does not have to use a timeout to get him in.

#2, if the ball is at the thrower's disposal and they're making no attempt to pick it up, you start the 5 second count. Otherwise, they could allow the entire 8 seconds, 10 seconds or 60 seconds to expire without picking it up.