1 Pt. Safety--Anything Similarly Rare in Basketball?
 

Kudos to our football brethren for getting that call (which I, anyway, had never heard of before) correct.
Anything you know of equally as obscure in basketball for which you and I ought be prepared?

How bout the coach who says, "Thank you for correctly observing my player fouling our opponent. I appreciate your efforts tonight in making this a safe and fair experience for our players, coaches and fans. Sportsmanship and teaching our players to be good citizens both on and off the court is my number one priority in coaching and I always make sure that I set an example."

I have had one 5 point play in my 20++ years of officiating...made 3 pointer with a 2 hand shove in the chest while shooter was still airborne. Made both free throws for the Int. foul and we had a 5 point play. Not as rare as that Safety, but doesn't happen very often.

Shooter gets fouled while in the act of shooting, the ball goes in, I waive off the basket, and give the shooter 2 shots. Not very common, but I've had it happen 2-3 times over the years. How? The shooter traveled prior to releasing the shot.

I was going to mention a 5 point play I had last season (or maybe two years ago) but rockyroad beat me to it. The other occurence I had was a game where the winning team in a V-boys game I did several years ago did not attempt a single free throw. I didn't realize it until reading about it in the newspaper the next day.

Saw a Ditto of This in Person
 

I saw that in a large-school state tournament semi-final game last year in our state. I even went over the video of the entire game to see what our officials missed in an attempt to see why no free throws were ever shot, and they didn't miss a call on any drive or attempted shot. This normally hot-shooting outside shooting team never attempted any drives to the hoop, and on a terrifically cold-shooting low-foul count day they lost badly.
Not necessary an "obscure rule" story, but significantly rare, nonetheless.

If I ever heard a coach say this, my first thought would be that I forgot to take my meds - for at least a month. :(

0:00 on the clock but the horn has not sounded.

I've had it once in 24 years.

???
 

Wouldn't the ball be dead once the travel is called (or occured)? Thus, no shot attempt if it occured prior to release?

If the traveling occurred before the foul and the shot, then the ball is dead. No FTs.

Unless you assess a intentional technical foul and if so, why does the "shooter" get the FTs??

Foul occurred while in the act of shooting, then the travel (probably caused by the foul), then the release.

Picture a layup where the shooter has gathered the ball and is moving to shoot it but is bumped. In response to the bump, they're a bit off balance and take and extra step or two before releasing the ball.

Okay, that makes better sense.

Have had this a couple times when airborne shooter (3 point attempt) got hit hard enough to level them, resulting in an intentional foul. In one instance the shooter was injured and the replacement made both FT's.

As Time Goes By ...
 

Three, or four, times in thirty-two years, with those old fashioned mechanical scoreboards. In all cases I had to ask the timekeeper if the "automatic horn" was on, or off. In same cases it would be off, he would turn it on, the horn would sound, and the period would be over. In other cases, where the "automatic horn" would be off, he would turn it on, and the horn wouldn't sound, leaving us to play a little bit more to end the period.

Can this happen with the new fangled digital scoreboards?

Me too. Once, almost 10 years ago now. I can tell you the school I was at, and it was 3 in the afternoon. lol

I get this about once every other season.

I guess it didn't matter that you didn't call it both ways.;)

Multiple foul.

Actually, I think that happens in almost every every game, we just don't call it.

Multiple Foul ...
 

Then actually calling a multiple foul would be the one point safety.

You'd think...the real odd part was that neither coach ever mentioned the foul count or complained. That's probably why we never realized it until the next day.

There is a difference between something unusually that almost never happens and something that could be called relative often but we choose not to call it.

Had this happen a few years ago in a 6th grade boys rec game. A1 shoots a 3 and he is pushed hard in the back by B1 on the shot. The shot goes in. My partner calls an intentional on B1. Coach B yells at B1 for what he did and throws his clipboard onto the court. WHACK! I call it. A1, who is not hurt, makes his two for the intentional, then makes the two for the technical. Coach B requests and is granted a TO and during it, his AC says something to my partner and WHACK! again on the AC this time. We come out of the TO and A1 shoots the FTs for the T on the AC and makes both.

The kid scored nine points in about 2 seconds going off the clock (during his initial shot). Not only that, when team A inbounded the ball after the T he took a 3 right off the inbound pass and it just rolled out. That would have given him 12 points in about 5 seconds. And no - he didn't get fouled on the shot - that really would have been something.

Surprise Party ...
 

Difference? Yes. But one thing that I know for sure is that if I decide to charge a multiple foul in one of my games that it would certainly surprise the heck out of my partner, the entire table crew, all the players on both teams, all the coaches on both teams, all of the fans from both teams, the policeman in the corner, the concession stand workers, and as soon as my partner got to his smartphone, it would surprise the heck out of the 325 officials on my local board.

I had a 6 point play. I was T, A1 shot a 3 and made the shot. While the shot was still in the air, B1 fouled A2 (not in the bonus), called by the L. Our crew got together to confirm the details, but the score counted and A in-bounded the ball on the endline and immediately put up another 3 in which they made.

Tony:

I have had it several times, but of course you are just a "youngin', :D" when it comes to the number of years that we have been in this racket.

MTD, Sr.

I used to be amazed at those who have been doing this for 40 or so years. But now that I'm in my 26th year...I'm amazed that I'm still going at it. Actually, I can see myself doing this for another 10-15 years, at least.

I have 11 varsity HS or juco dates in the next 13 days. And looking forward to it. We'll see how I feel in mid-February. :D

2 consecutive FTs coming to rest on the flange.

I have that beat. Similar situation. We had a team attempt a 3, and while the ball was in flight, the defensive team pushed the opponent out of the way fighting for a rebound. I was the lead and called the foul on the defense. On the inbound play the team throws to a 3 point shooter who gets pushed after he releases the shot, but before he lands. The shot goes in. He then makes the free throw, making this essentially a 7 point play. About 5 seconds later they got two more free throws because the captain of the defensive team could not understand that the opponents would get the ball on the first situation and starting swearing at me. That really made it 9 points in a matter of three or 4 seconds coming off the clock. They also attempted to protest a mis-application of the rules, but we shot down on that.

Goaltending on a free throw

Winner.

Did This Really Happen ???
 

Winner.

Calling a multiple foul would be more akin to calling a foul for aiding the runner in a football game (think the Bush Push).

Disagree: Gap's entry is a statistically rare event that deploys a perfectly ordinary rule provision (AP arrow).

The 1-point safety is a statistically rare event that deploys a rarely used rule provision. GT on a FT is more analogous.

Jump ball between non-designated jumpers on a held ball before AP is set.

Wedging/sticking a free throw between the glass and rim. Saw it three years ago in a HS game, and doubt I'll ever see it again.

I see this one every 2-3 years. Odd, eh?

Wow--I'd seen a free-throw rest on the flange a few times, but I thought one wedged between glass and rim was a unicorn.

Wonder how often it happens in Northeastern Illinois?

Or A Geomagnetic Anomaly ???
 

Gravitational anomaly? Do these happen on these equinoxes?

Happened to me in my 2nd game ever.

There is video tape too. Never seen it since and never saw it before.

I cannot think of a situation where I was even close to calling it. Usually someone did something first and the other player did something clearly second. Then again I am not calling a multiple foul either, so I guess that is irrelevant. ;)

Peace