Originally Posted by Jfpdi (Post 809736)

Handing the ball to the wrong team happened last year in a local boys varsity game to a crew from our local board after a timeout late in the game. The visiting team erronously was given the ball to inbound, buried a three and their coach kept reminding the official it could not be corrected once the throw in ended. The home coach went ballistic, got T'd up and lost by 3.
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Originally Posted by ga314ref (Post 809812)

...many years ago when my sister played in Brooklyn, HS girls had a 30-second clock. And no backcourt violation.

Originally Posted by Jfpdi (Post 809879)

We still play the 30 second shot clock for girls HS. I believe you meant no 10 second count violation in the backcourt. We follow the NCAA women's rule on that too. Closely guarded is only on a held ball but anywhere on the court with a defender within 3 feet.

Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper (Post 809872)

.My question-does the backup device have to be visible to the officials on the floor so they can ensure its proper operation?

Originally Posted by BillyMac (Post 809849)

Not true. A layup is still two points. A dunk is only one point.

Years ago, didn't ESPN, or MTV, or some other cable network catering to the young adult demographic, have some type of basketball game where different spots on the court were worth differing numbers of points? Now that went over really well, didn't' it?

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef (Post 809622)

Exactly why I don't want to see a shot clock at the HS level.

Originally Posted by bainsey (Post 809930)

+1

There are always cries from high school fans in our state to get a shot clock, particularly after a low-scoring, stall-ball game. Of course, those are few and far between.

My favorite rationale from the shot-clock pushers is that it will "get Maine kids more ready for the next level." Of course, the main reason why we don't have a ton of kids from my state playing college ball is because there's no shot clock here. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by chseagle (Post 809807)

A couple of years ago, I did the 4A Regionals at the local arena & on the girls' court the whole scoreboard malfunctioned barely into the 1st game of the tournament. For the rest of that day we used iPods/iPhones & stopwatches for game clock, shot clock, & TOs. For the shot clock, whoever was shot clock would count down the shot clock for the coaches to hear & if time ran out the PA announcer would say "buzz". For the game clock, the PA Announcer would announce by the minute the time left & then either "buzz" or "end of quarter/half/game" as well as count out the last ten seconds of the quarter.

Concerning the use of the shot clock, it is normally mandated by the state association, so it's they who have the final say as to what is acceptable & not concerning the display of the shot clock & it's use.

Generally for the shot clock display, either a display at both ends of the court or if a single display, the shot clock is to be opposite of the scorers' table.

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref (Post 809938)

The table instructions from the WIAA simply states that they must have an Alternative Timing Device available...no direction on what that device should be or how to indicate the lapse of time to those that need to know!

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref (Post 809938)

The table instructions from the WIAA simply states that they must have an Alternative Timing Device available...no direction on what that device should be or how to indicate the lapse of time to those that need to know!

Originally Posted by Jfpdi (Post 809879)

We still play the 30 second shot clockfor girls HS. I believe you meant no 10 second count violation in the backcourt. We follow the NCAA women's rule on that too. Closely guarded is only on a held ball but anywhere on the court with a defender within 3 feet.