Did Team A do anything wrong?

[Robert Goodman]

What would be the purpose of prohibiting a team from leaving the room? Is it so they won't sneak in new players or switch shirts? (Like for instance switching a shirt from a player in foul trouble to another.)

[HokiePaul]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

What would be the purpose of prohibiting a team from leaving the room? Is it so they won't sneak in new players or switch shirts? (Like for instance switching a shirt from a player in foul trouble to another.)

I'm not sure there is a good reason to prohibit this ... they could attempt to do this at halftime so that can't be it. The reality is that they would have about 45 seconds away from the bench as they would have to be back before the 1 minute intermission is over. If they want to sprint to a hallway, I don't know why we would want to make that "unauthorized".

[MD Longhorn]

Honestly, I don't see any reason (certainly not rules based ... but also not rulesmaker intent based either) to prevent them from spending their allotted time between quarters in a nearby hallway. As long as they are ready to go when they are supposed to - I don't know why we'd want to make an issue of this.

To those mentioning timeout, I think we see in the book that the time between quarters is an intermission, and not a time out. Time outs are very specifically defined. Rules regarding timeouts do not apply during intermissions.