Player losing shoe

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BEAREF

I was watching a DIII game last Saturday in which a player lost his shoe. One of the officials stopped play to allow him to retrieve his shoe and put it back on. The whistle was blown after a made basket... seems to make sense to me but not sure that this is supported by rule.

The official was wrong. This is treated no differently that a player's shoe becoming untied. The rule with regard to stopping the game or keeping a Dead Ball from becoming a Live Ball for a player whose shoe had become untied was changed for the 1963-64 season and it applies to NFHS, NCAA Men's, and NCAA Women's (even though an argument could be made that this rule change does not apply with regard to NCAA Women's Rules, but that is a debate for another time).

MTD, Sr.