What do you do with the ball during TO/between quarters?

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Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Is their a difference between 2 or 3 man mechanics? Where is this written?

In Ga, all time outs we have both free officials at top of key with 3rd official at the throw-in spot.
The IAABO handbook has good diagrams for crew of 2 or 3, with differences for table side throw ins and free throw to follow with crew of 2. (Typically 1 official at spot and the "free" official" facing the table at midcourt.)

The only time the ball would be placed on the floor is in a crew of 2 when the administering official places it there while reporting the TO and then goes back and picks up the ball at the spot of throw in....But I am not in the "Land of IAABO"...so there could be a different opinion