Technical Fouls

[La Rikardo]

New poster, first-year official. I'm 18 years old, a student in college, and decided to give HS basketball a try this winter after a couple years' experience in soccer. Been lurking here for a couple weeks, but now I actually have a situation worth posting about.

I've given three Ts in 14 HS games (all freshman and sophomore) this year. Two were simple Ts to coaches for ABS.

The third was a bit of a bigger deal. Happened Friday afternoon, boys sophomore. Red getting blown out, three or four minutes left in the game. I'm trail in two-man, Red #11 is defending a shot in the post right at the edge of the key. He has one arm vertical, but I see the other one give a little push on the shot. Foul. As I turn around to the table to report it, #11 comes jogging toward his bench because he's just been DQ'd for his fifth foul. As he's going by me, he gives me a little elbow in the side. Not enough to cause pain or anything, but hard enough that it was clear he was doing this to dissent the call. Easy T. My partner later told me that I needed to report the incident to the HS Activities Association, which I did as soon as I got home. On the drive home, though, it occurred to me that I shouldn't have just given a T, but a flagrant T. Relating that to soccer, the sport I know quite a bit better, I'm going to send a player off every time for striking me in any manner to dissent a call. Certainly should've done the same here.