Common Sense

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by OKREF

This is my thought as well.

Sometimes there is discretion in calling a technical foul and sometimes there isn't. For unsporting technicals, actions which everyone in the gym can see need to be dealt with according to the rules.
Passing on the action described in the OP would be wrong. There is a clear rule which the player broke and he did it in front of everyone.
Btw even if time had expired, if he did this before the officials left, he still gets penalized, so don't use the excuse that he thought the game was over.

[johnny d]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Btw even if time had expired, if he did this before the officials left, he still gets penalized, so don't use the excuse that he thought the game was over.

Let us know how the conversation with your assignor goes when you take the opportunity to call this after one of your games. I am sure your assignor will be pleased you got the rule right

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Let us know how the conversation with your assignor goes when you take the opportunity to call this after one of your games. I am sure your assignor will be pleased you got the rule right

Did you learn anything from the Arizona/Arizona St 2OT game earlier this year?
This kind of behavior needs to be penalized no matter what is on the clock.

Guess you are still part of the camp saying that the game has been decided, so leave this alone. How did that work out for that crew with the PAC12 assignor?

[johnny d]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Did you learn anything from the Arizona/Arizona St 2OT game earlier this year?
This kind of behavior needs to be penalized no matter what is on the clock.

Guess you are still part of the camp saying that the game has been decided, so leave this alone. How did that work out for that crew with the PAC12 assignor?

The difference was that in the AZ vs ASU game time hadn't expired and the T should have been called. If the ASU player waited for the clock to run out and then dunked the ball and hung on the rim like that, not one person would have said a thing. Like I said in my previous post, good luck calling that after the time has expired. People will be impressed with you rules knowledge.