Shooting at wrong basket.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Question: Should have I blown the play dead or should I have began a 5 second count on the yellow team since it was still their ball? What if the play had been higher level? I know that doesn't really matter according to the rules but in the spirt of the game perhaps it does?

No reason to blow it dead until and unless they commit a backcourt violation. And yes, you should be counting... although I'm not sure why FIVE is the number you chose. 8 or 10 depending on which ruleset your 5th graders are using. Most likely 10.

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

No reason to blow it dead until and unless they commit a backcourt violation. And yes, you should be counting... although I'm not sure why FIVE is the number you chose. 8 or 10 depending on which ruleset your 5th graders are using. Most likely 10.

I believe he means "5" second throw in count after the made points at wrong basket. Is that right?

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by Indianaref

I believe he means "5" second throw in count after the made points at wrong basket. Is that right?

Correct, once yellow made the basket they ran down the floor to join the other 8 players thinking they were going to be playing defense.

The reason I blown it dead was that there was no one there to inbounds the ball and with it being a younger level I wanted to help them out. I later questioned that since there is no rule backing this up.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Correct, once yellow made the basket they ran down the floor to join the other 8 players thinking they were going to be playing defense.

The reason I blown it dead was that there was no one there to inbounds the ball and with it being a younger level I wanted to help them out. I later questioned that since there is no rule backing this up.

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Anytime players successfully shoot it in the wrong basket, the play should be blown dead and the scorer instructed to count the points for the "team" who's basket the shot was scored in. They play will resume with an throwin anywhere along the endline for the team who didn't score.

I was just about to type something similar.

[letemplay]

Also, do not give ball back to "yellow"...give it to "gold"

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by letemplay

Also, do not give ball back to "yellow"...give it to "gold"

Pot stirrer.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by letemplay

Also, do not give ball back to "yellow"...give it to "gold"

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

[bob jenkins]

At one time it was the standard. Now it's less so (but still common).

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable?

Easy answer: Because some of us our told to only use one syllable colors, and some of us do what we're told. Check your local listings.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

One game we had orange vs Black. Partner absolutely refused to say orange, and kept calling them Red, no matter how much grief I gave him.

2 games later - same team, this time the opponent was red. I just looked at him and said, "OK, now what?"

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

I grew up wearing orange, but now it's red. Why? Because this isn't an area I care to stand out with.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

Purple is always blue.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

I believe the main reason is vocal projection. One syllable words are easier to say loudly than multiple syllable words, particularly multiple syllable words with hard stops (like purple).

My schools colors were purple and gold, but you're never going to hear me say purple when I'm refereeing. I will say orange but I only use one syllable.

It always amuses me when the players come to me with concern on their faces that I apparently can't tell what color they're wearing.