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Originally Posted by bbcof83
Last night, Boys V game. Close game, 3:28 left in 2nd half.
I am lead. A passes ball in from baseline in BC and starts dribbling up court. As A1 reaches mid court I notice clock hasn't started so I pause to make sure then blow it dead. As I blow the whistle, the clock operator starts the clock. I don't notice this until the clock reads 3:25 as I am approaching my partner near top of key. I look over and tell clock operator to stop the clock. He doesn't, just looks at me with this goofy blank stare. I repeat, "Please stop the clock". Finally he stops it at 3:15.
I'm pretty sure I know what to do but want to hear what you guys say.
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If the ball was still in the back court, your partner, now the T, should have been counting for 10 seconds. Not that it is a perfectly timed 1, 2, 3... second count, I would ask how many seconds he counted with his hand until you blew the play dead. Whatever that number is, I would take that off of 3:28 and take the ball out of bounds closest to the spot of the ball when you blew the clock down. So if it was 5 seconds the T counted, I would reset the clock to 3:23. I believe this is the correct procedure for such situation. even if it isn't, both coaches will most likely believe you are correct as this would make sense. It is a table error, so coaches would be more pissed at the table than they would be you either way.