Pre-Game Team Entrance Lap: T?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It's not even a request here, where following a JV game, the varsity squads are typically shooting layups before the JV officials even get to the locker room to tell the varsity crew the game is over.
15 minutes is the standard for taking the court.

Frankly, that's how I think it should be handled.

Very similar to dunking or any other "unsporting" act now. What happens when both teams are on the court at 20 minutes, and B12 and A4 start trash talking across the division line? Nothing, because the officials aren't there and aren't required to be there.

So, it a team runs a lap at 20 minutes, it's "wrong" (and a fan or the opposing coach could write the conference / state), but there's nothing for the officials to enforce. IF it happens at 15 minutes (or whenever the officials get there), then enforce it.