A Few Questions

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by keyzersoze

OP has ball on baseline, closely guarded by DP, not falling out of bounds, whips ball off DP's face to knock it out of bounds. I realize that it is legal to do this to get the ball back....issue any warnings? Anything?

Assuming that the player didn't aim the ball at his opponent's face, with no intent to do harm, just make sure that the kid is alright, and that tempers aren't escalating, before putting the ball back in play. If you believe that player did aim the ball at his opponent's face, with intent to do harm, then you could probably go with a flagrant technical foul. (See Snaqwell's post below)

Originally Posted by keyzersoze

Player shoots at the wrong basket, is fouled, basket is good. What should happen?

Foul before the ball goes through the basket? Not a legal try, ball becomes dead with the foul, even if the ball is still in flight, and a basket cannot be scored, however, it could be a one and one if the team is in the bonus.

Originally Posted by keyzersoze

There's no penalty for a team yelling "foul!" late in the game, correct? My partner was talking about how they couldn't do it and she should have issued a technical; I disagreed and said although it's probably not the best thing to coach, it's no penalty.

You are correct. The NFHS came out with an interpretation a just a few years ago (I'm sure that Nevadaref can dig it up) that even if a coach is yelling, "Foul him", the officials do not have to automatically call an intentional foul, but should make the call like any other foul.

Originally Posted by keyzersoze

5. I did my second JV girls game Friday. During both the soph game and the JV game, the head varsity coach sat at the end of the court and questioned call after call. How do you handle this - do you say anything to him, ignore him? He wasn't rude necessarily; I just heard "travel", "missed that one", "should've been a foul" etc.

If he's not actually on the bench, then there's not much you can do. Technically, he is a team follower, and, by the book, you could penalize him with a technical foul, but I wouldn't go down that street unless he was vulgar, or used profanity, and even then, it would be a stretch for me to call a technical on a team follower. However, at the minimum, I would report the incident to both the athletic director, and your assigner.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Assuming that the player didn't aim the ball at his opponent's face, with no intent to do harm, just make sure that the kid is alright, and that tempers aren't escalating, before putting the ball back in play. If you believe that player did aim the ball at his opponent's face, with intent to do harm, then you could probably go with a flagrant personal foul.

Billy Billy Billy. You can't call a personal foul here without contact. If it's flagrant, it's a flagrant T.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You can't call a personal foul here without contact. If it's flagrant, it's a flagrant T.

Thanks for catching that. I fixed it. There was certainly contact here, the ball hitting the player in the face, but it wasn't contact between players. It's funny how if OP hits DP in the face with his hand, it's a personal flagrant foul, but if he intentionally, to cause harm, throws the ball, which contacts DP in the face, it's a technical flagrant foul, with both occurring during a live ball.