Correctable Error?
 

Got a phone call last night.

Intentional foul on a made basket. Crew gets together and shoots 3 free throws. 1 for the and 1 and 2 for the intentional foul. Now I know right off the bat this is a big screw up. My question. Is the first free throw correctable? If so, does it have to be caught before the first of the 2 intentional fouls they gave or after the first dead ball after the throw in?

First dead ball after the clock has properly started.

That is what I thought. Now say that free throw was made, we are taking the point off the board correct? Man I just know that would be a nightmare thing to have happen.

They have until during the first dead ball after the clock has properly started to correct, so they can absolutely wipe the incorrect 1-and-1 off the book.

Yep.

Yes, point comes off the board. Not really that big of a deal, when you consider everything else the offended team still has going for it here.

If the 3rd FT is missed. Do you still have a CE situation?

Triad Zebra:

Your question goes to the heart of the OP. The penalty for an IPF is two free throws unless the foul was committed against a player who was in the Act of Shooting an unsuccessful three-point FG, then the penalty would be three free throws. The penalty for the situation in the OP is only two free throws, the Correctable Error was the awarding of the third free throw. Just A Ref told us the proper way to handle the situation. If the third free throw was successful, wipe the point out of the Scorebook, and if it was unsuccessful, no blood no foul (:D).

MTD, Sr.

Just to make sure we know which shots we are wiping, as the posts are getting crossed in my thinking...

Three shots are awarded incorrectly when there should be 2.

You are wiping either
A)The "and 1" (first free throw)
B)Second of the the 2 INT free throws(third free throw)

I was thinking the same thing. It could matter, and should be based on what the crew said they were doing (amongst themselves, then to the table, then to coaches).

Agreed.

As described the first FT was the error, not the third.

Yes. The first free throw was the error, as they said it was for the foul on a made shot. They then awarded 2 for the intentional foul. I just don't understand why they did it. All I know is that it wasn't corrected and they played on. If caught, it would have to be corrected after the throw in on the first dead ball, correct?

Yes.

Saw the exact same call made at the local high school here, perhaps ten years ago. The official's explanation: "One for the foul, two for the intentional."

Bob:

I disagree. A1 should have been awarded only two free throws and he was awarded three free throws. It does not matter if in the minds of the officials (insert half wit joke here, :p) that he was awarding one and then two free throws, A1 was only entitled to two free throws and he received them; the third free throw that he attempted was the free throw to which he was not entitled to shoot. If A1 made the second and third or only the third free throw, the third free throw will be canceled.

MTD, Sr.