Shot Clock Reset

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Jay R

Am I missing something? A1 shoots, B2 grabs the ball. The shot clock should be reset.

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

The rule states the ball must leave the shooter's hand before the expiration of time, and the try does not subsequently strike the ring or flange, or enter the basket.
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The OP says A1 shot an airball and B2 rebounded. That's Jay's confusion. Apparently the same confusion the shot clock operator had.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

The OP says A1 shot an airball and B2 rebounded. That's Jay's confusion. Apparently the same confusion the shot clock operator had.

Ah, I see what you're saying.

But I mis-read the mis-posting. I took the OP to mean it was rebounded by the offense, because:

Originally Posted by Man In Blue

A1 shoots from elbow and is blocked by B1. The ball comes down about half way between shooter and basket. B2 grabs the ball, kicks it out to the wing who takes the the ball out top to set up a new play because the shot clock has been reset!

Coach B going nuts.

If B (defense) had gotten the ball, why would they kick the ball out to reset the offense in their backcourt, and why would B's coach go nuts if they got a fresh 30 on their new possesion? Well, unless B's coach was going nuts that they weren't advancing the ball into their front court...

It seems a lot of people are confused over this play, and I include me.

[MD Longhorn]

It WAS rebounded by the offense, although I can't fault the shot clock guy for thinking the defense had it... watching on TV, I thought the defense had it for a second, but they didn't.

Only think I hate about the resolution of the problem is that the offense was not hurrying to score because they saw the clock and thought they had 30-something seconds to shoot - to suddenly say, NO, you have 2 seconds (or worse, if they had caught it 2 seconds later - NO, you lose the ball) would suck - especially in the situation when this happened.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

It WAS rebounded by the offense, although I can't fault the shot clock guy for thinking the defense had it... watching on TV, I thought the defense had it for a second, but they didn't.

Only think I hate about the resolution of the problem is that the offense was not hurrying to score because they saw the clock and thought they had 30-something seconds to shoot - to suddenly say, NO, you have 2 seconds (or worse, if they had caught it 2 seconds later - NO, you lose the ball) would suck - especially in the situation when this happened.

Which is why I don't want shot clocks in HS. Here in the OP we had a problem which really was a legitimate error by the operator. Now take that to the high school level where these type of mistakes would be very prevalent. You would see a whole bunch of erroneous resets on plays where there shouldn't be really any confusion.

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Which is why I don't want shot clocks in HS. Here in the OP we had a problem which really was a legitimate error by the operator. Now take that to the high school level where these type of mistakes would be very prevalent. You would see a whole bunch of erroneous resets on plays where there shouldn't be really any confusion.

I agree. As I said earlier I work more than a few games with it in H.S. and I don't mind the clock in general but the biggest issue is getting people who can run it properly. Putting a high school kid on the shot clock who may - or most likely may not - be paying attention can cause more headaches than prevent them.