NCAA Tournament and Precision Timing

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by Rich1

The open hand is for violations, the closed hand for fouls. A jump ball is neither which is why we simply signal it as a jump ball.

I get what you're saying and I agree with it, but the open hand is for stopping the clock, not just violations.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Rooster

I get what you're saying and I agree with it, but the open hand is for stopping the clock, not just violations.

It's not for stopping the clock for a held ball, though.

Originally Posted by Rich

It's not for stopping the clock for a held ball, though.

It can be. Just because there is a specific signal to stop the clock for a held ball does not mean we need to use that signal.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AremRed

It can be. Just because there is a specific signal to stop the clock for a held ball does not mean we need to use that signal.

I could do the hokey pokey to stop the clock, too. It would be just as wrong to do so on a held ball as raising an open hand.

Originally Posted by Rich

I could do the hokey pokey to stop the clock, too.

That might work, assuming you whistle too

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AremRed

That might work, assuming you whistle too

I prefer the Joey Crawford shuffle.

Originally Posted by Rich

I prefer the Joey Crawford shuffle.

You mean this?

[constable]

Originally Posted by AremRed

It can be. Just because there is a specific signal to stop the clock for a held ball does not mean we need to use that signal.

I am going to disagree here. Signals are part of the rule book. It states that a fist is to be used for a foul, a palm for a violation or other timeout, and the held ball signal to stop the clock for a held ball.

It is pretty clear.