A little comedic relief

[Beemer]

Last night, I was working a Boys JV game when, on the first of two free throws, the shooter used his unbelievable touch to get the ball stuck on the back of the rim.

We blew it and gave him his second shot. I'm sure it comes to your surprise that the shooters team wanted another free throw, or the basket to count. I don't think so Tim.

Anybody else have this happen to them (or even a ball getting stuck on the top of the backboard)?

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Beemer

Last night, I was working a Boys JV game when, on the first of two free throws, the shooter used his unbelievable touch to get the ball stuck on the back of the rim.

We blew it and gave him his second shot. I'm sure it comes to your surprise that the shooters team wanted another free throw, or the basket to count. I don't think so Tim.

Anybody else have this happen to them (or even a ball getting stuck on the top of the backboard)?

I know it's getting towards the end of the work day, but am I missing something here?

I did see this once last year. Odds must be extreme.

[Beemer]

Here's the situation:
-First of two free throws.
-Shot goes up and gets stuck on the back of the rim (on the part that connects the ring to the backboard).
-We blow the shot dead when it stopped moving, counting the shot as a miss.
-We awarded the shooter his second shot.

The shooters team wanted us to give them another shot (so three in total), or count the first shot as a make (never went through the rim).

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Beemer

Here's the situation:
-First of two free throws.
-Shot goes up and gets stuck on the back of the rim (on the part that connects the ring to the backboard).
-We blow the shot dead when it stopped moving, counting the shot as a miss.
-We awarded the shooter his second shot.

The shooters team wanted us to give them another shot (so three in total), or count the first shot as a make (never went through the rim).

I get it. I was thrown off by your phrase, "We blew it and gave him his second shot." I didn't mean to be a plumber/classical linguist about it.

[26 Year Gap]

I have had a lot of putts come to rest on the edge of the cup. I get an extra stroke, but that isn't what I wanted. In this case, it is like a missed putt as far as scoring is concerned. But the shooter cannot "Re-Putt".

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

But the shooter cannot "Re-Putt".

Can he buy a mulligan?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Can he buy a mulligan?

Only if the other team fouls him again.

[jTheUmp]

Never happened to me when I'm officiating, but it did happen to my schools BV team back in my high school days.

I don't remember how they got the ball down, because none of the players on either team could jump high enough to touch it. Probably ended up using a practice ball to knock it off its perch.

[Scrapper1]

Just ask if anybody can get it down. When they do, it's basket interference. Administer the next free throw.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Just ask if anybody can get it down. When they do, it's basket interference. Administer the next free throw.

Only if the defense does it. If the offense does it, it'll be a lane violation first.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Only if the defense does it. If the offense does it, it'll be a lane violation first.

Not if it's already sitting on the rim, right?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Not if it's already sitting on the rim, right?

Crap, it's early. You're right.

[Beemer]

Yeah, that's the first thing that came to my mind too, until my parter reminded me that it can't be a lane violation.

[RookieDude]

Beemer...your real name wouldn't happen to be Ralph, and you are a little farther South in WA...because this EXACT thing happened to his crew last week.

[Beemer]

Are you saying they called a violation?

BTW Dan, I was reading through another post in which you said a varsity coach had been removed from the freshman game and then allowed to coach the varsity game. Any chance that happed at RHS?