Pre-Game Warm-up Lap Illinois
 

After reading drshawnpets post I started to wonder about the practice of one team on the court and the other doing the pre-game lap, around the other teams basket.
Is there a penalty? I know there was a rules interp or POE on this a few years ago. I did a search and most of the answers were "check with you local Assoc."
What is the common sense answer to stop this if I am on the court, prior to the game, observing warm ups? Try to stop-it, let it go? I am talking prelim. games

bob j, JRut, tjones, or others what is the IHSA's POE/Intrep on this
Thanks :)

:DFixed it for ya!!:)

I'm not sure he'd know.

He's not here just now: you cut him so deeply.

...yawn...hey, what's all the racket! How's a guy supposed to get some sleep around here?!?

Well, since I had to get up anyway (my boss hates it when I sleep at work), I looked on the IHSA website about that very issue. It says, in a posting dated 1/22/10:

4. Team warm ups: Upon taking the floor for games, teams should not run through, between, or in any way interfere with, an opponent’s pre-game warm-up.
• It is recommended that teams take the floor by running around the ½-court area in front of their bench upon taking the floor. (NOTE: in some facilities, teams may have to run by an opponent to get to their side of the floor for warm-ups; this should NOT be penalized, unless the team or any of its members act in an unsporting manner while running by their opponents.)
• Teams may only run around their half of the court as they begin their warm ups.
• Officials should be prepared to assess the appropriate penalty (a team technical as found in Rule 10-1-8) to a team, team member, or coach who demonstrates the unsporting acts explained above.

So, at least in IL, we are to impose a T for unsporting behavior.

Now, I'm going back to sleep.

Know what?

(I know I shouldn't do this, but....)

What?

Huh?

(You know you shouldn't do that.)

Why?

Why what?

I knew I should have kept my mouth shut.

Huh?

<font size = 1>You know you shouldn't do that!</font>

That's what you get for waking me up.

Wasn't me, Champ. Lcubed did it. I saw him.

Yabut, you were the one that responded. Don't you know we always see and punish the retaliation?