LA Salle vs Vanderbilt Official Elbowed In Head off Jump (Video)
 

One of the officials took an elbow to the face and had to go to the hospital sometime in the first 5 minutes of play. I tuned in just after it happened. Did an u one see what happened?

Don't have video to embed, but you can see it here:

Basketball Referee Collapses After Tossing Opening Tip, Carted Off

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Elbowed on the opening jump. Scary. Knocked out with his eyes open.

Jump balls are stupid.

Interesting to watch the crew have to use 2-person mechanics. They are rotating a lot from the lead...with the trail remaining ball-side. A lot of movement from the trail and not nearly as deep into the frontcourt as usual.

I wish more people would see this. Going ballside is the right way to work 2-person and very few that I see actually do it.

I had the chance to use this mechanic in the Fall when all the players from both teams were on the trail's side of the court and my PCA was nearly empty. I felt like I was more of a help to my partner in that position. Now, I look to do it, if/when I can.

didnt look like he got hit hard.

This is a good reason for the AP arrow which MTD and BillyMac dislike so much.

No. The bruises tell quite a story, though.

I believe that are on opposite sides. MTD wants to jump every time, Billy wants to start the game with a coin toss.

I vote for a rugby scrum. Just drop the ball and get the hell out of the way.

Have you seen how rugby players do sideline throw-ins? I think that might be safer than a scrum. :D

Wow. Didn't look like he got hit that hard. From now on, I am having the U's toss if I am the R.

I consider it an "Abomination Upon the Game". Billy just tells me to keep my mouth shut.

MTD, Sr.


P.S. I was accidently kicked in the stomach by a 7'-00" center in a men's jr. college game during the opening tip. Nothing serious though.

Years ago, local college Womens' game, two man crew, I caught a flailing hand/fingernail of one of the jumpers, across my forehead. You know how a facial scratch can bleed . . . it took a couple of minutes to follow the blood drops and clean them up, and to get me a bandage on my forehead. What a way to start a game!
I've been hit in the groin by a jumper's foot on a couple of occasions . . . it's a bit difficult to concentrate until everything settles down . . .

Jump Balls ...
 

You're mixing me up with the other old guy. I'm the one with lots of hair, and I'm the one who hates jump balls. Start the game with a coin toss, or start the game with the visitors getting the ball, and use the arrow from that point on.

Ball Side ...
 

Here, in my little corner of Connecticut, as the lead, we are encouraged to go ball side when there is a ball side active post, and the ball is settled on the wing.

Don't be surprised if we see the implementation of a concussion protocol for officials. First question:What was the number of the truck that hit you?.

Glad Rick Crawford is OK.

Billy Mac there you go again posting back to back just to pad your stats....You could have just made one post......

Looking forward to you proposing a question and answering it yourself...

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Joe DeRossa and Jose Carrion were the other two officials on the crew.

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The Vanderbilt player jumping center that came down and across on him with the elbow was 6'10" 248 lbs.

Oftentimes a well-placed punch/kick/elbow/etc is more damaging than a hard one.

Huh, if DeRosa was on the crew I wonder why he wasn't the R.

Doesnt take much to get a concussion. Last year we had a game where a visiting player B1 took and easy step backwards and the back of his head hit his teammate's, B2, forehead. B2 crumpled and was removed from the game for concussion symptoms.

He might have been the Referee. He did not have to be the one that tossed the ball.

Peace

Proof that designating a tosser works! DeRosa dodged a bullet on that one...

If given a choice, I rarely ever do the toss. It is one of the most accident prone areas for a Ref.
It is not that difficult to get concussed, some sections of your head/cranium are softer than others. I saw a partners eyeglasses get broken on face by errant ly tapped jump all.

Although I Am A George Clooney Doppelgänger ...
 

How do you think that I became an esteemed member? It wasn't because of my good looks.

Give That Man A Cigar ...
 

Bingo.

Another one happened to start the OT period of Utah and Wichita.

I am the older guy with very little hair. :p

MTD, Sr.

I just saw that on ESPN. I could not believe that happen again. I had never seen this happen before and it has happened twice.

Peace

damn:confused:
just saw the Utah one.
maybe there should be another way to start the game or just keep it as is?
I've been hit a couple of times, not hard, but that's after the tip when the players are running around. I like doing the jump but maybe they should consider doing away with it.

That was Dave Hall getting whacked in the head in the Wichita State at Utah game. He was unable to continue and the crew worked the OT 2-man.

I foresee a mechanics change in which the tossing official will stand outside the jump circle and lob the ball in a curved arc inside the current vertical toss.

This is how NBA official Ken Mauer tosses the ball.

I say just go to a coin flip. Then the "speaking captain" will finally actually have something to say.

+1

Shhh...keep that quiet or another young official will post that he is doing another mechanic incorrectly. ;)

Looks like Hall tried to put his whistle in his mouth after getting whacked.

Worst I ever had was I caught the top of a jumper's wrist right on my funny bone...had burning in the last 3 fingers of my hand for 2 days. Pain was really bad whenever I used that hand during the game and darned if both teams didn't shoot about 30 threes.

is there a rule we have to follow for the jump-ball? Can I stand further out and do more of a lob/curve toss? I could easily stand a few feet out and do an overhead toss, kind of like a soccer throw-in.

This Is Not How You're Supposed To Throw A Jump Ball, Ken Mauer

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The manual does not specifically say to step into the circle to toss it.