Originally Posted by article

...Here's a wacky situation quiz for ya: A player takes a foul shot with his team leading by two points. He misses the shot, the ball lands on the floor, and nobody from either team touches it. You probably know that the clock is not supposed to start until a player touches the ball, but what if the scoreboard operator mistakenly starts the clock, and the ref notices the error and blows his whistle -- and still nobody has touched the ball? Yes, they can use the replay monitor to determine that a few seconds should be put back on the clock to correct the timing error, but how do you know which team gets the ball?

The answer: You use the possession arrow. I raise this question because Adams told me that that was the exact situation at the end of Evansville's recent win over Butler. Following the missed free throw, the Evansville players had all run back on defense, but the Butler players were waiting to touch the ball to conserve time. The scoreboard operator mistakenly ran the clock. Fortunately for everyone involved, the possession arrow pointed to Butler, but it would have been a p.r. disaster if Butler would have lost a chance to tie the game on that kind of fluke.

Originally Posted by SamIAm (Post 705700)

Link to the SI article - Referee czar John Adams clears up confusion; plus Hoop Thoughts - Seth Davis - SI.com

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 705704)

Pulling a jersey should always be an intentional foul.

Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 705738)

Had this in a boys high school varsity scrimmage Saturday. A1 has a throwin under his own basket. I'm the administering official and hand the ball to A1. Team A players begin to set screens to get open. B1 grabs A2 by the jersey and holds on tight. Ball has not yet been thrown in. I sound my whistle and call an intentional foul on B1. Team B coach has a cow. "That's not an intentional foul. My player was just holding his opponent. Holding a player's jersey is just holding and is just a regular foul."

Hopefully the coach will read the article.

Originally Posted by M&M Guy (Post 705728)

The only part that's been changed in all of this is the fact that if a foul needs to be called on contact involving an elbow above the neck, a <s>personal</s> common foul is no longer an option.

Originally Posted by mbyron (Post 705750)

Fixed it for ya. ;)

Originally Posted by M&M Guy (Post 705797)

Nothing worse than making a mistake while trying to point out a mistake.

Originally Posted by mbyron (Post 705813)

Don't I no it!
;)

Originally Posted by mbyron (Post 705813)

Don't I no it!
;)

Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 705815)

Ba dump bump!

Originally Posted by Scrapper1 (Post 705830)

When I read this the first time, I thought it said, "Be a dump bump". I couldn't figure out what a dump bump was. . . :confused:

Originally Posted by M&M Guy (Post 705820)

Know, you don't.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 705834)

A Yoda quote, is that?