end of game miscue

[rsl]

2-man, Soph boys game tied 48-48 with 3 seconds left. V1 has a throw in from corner baseline. Because of a single clock in opposite corner, we pregame that lead will have final shot (since he can see clock) and he is also administering the free throw.

Ball goes into the key where V2 with inside position attempts a shot. I am trail, and here is where I goof. I do the normal trail thing and watch for contact high. everything is clean up high and the shot misses, but next thing I know the shooter is sprawled out under the basket.

With pregame instructions and lead out of position for the throw-in, I should have been ten feet deeper and wider where I could see the angle. As it was, I was straightlined by the defender and could not call a foul, or say for sure that there wasn't one.

Visitors lose by five in overtime, and I'll be thinking about this one for quite a while. It bugs me that me being out of position may have determined the outcome.