max number of timeouts

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Chris Whitten

A senior official in our association who heard about our game said we need to be aware that 5 was the maximum allowable.

Originally Posted by constable

I can't recall seeing anything about a cap.

Originally Posted by Freddy

Something in the fragmented recesses of my mind I recall that each team had 5 timeouts max back in the late 70's.

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

I've never been aware of any cap on timeouts since I first became involved with basketball in the mid-80s.

There's never been a cap, as far as I know, and I've been officiating since 1979.

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. may know differently. He's been officiating since 1879.

Mark Padgett has been officiating as long as any of us, but he's never worked an overtime game in his life; never, ever; so he may not be of any help to this discussion.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Something in the fragmented recesses of my mind I recall that each team had 5 timeouts max back in the late 70's. I'll let our Toledo area friend confirm/deny and document that since he'd probably be able to cite exact date of change. In the meantime, 5-11-1 says, "Unused timeouts accumulate." No mention of max accumulation being five. Never saw a team use more than two in any single overtime anyway, as I recall. A team can, in actuality, request and be granted an infinite number of timeouts, but the repeated technical foul shots following each excessive timeout granted might make for a late night.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

There's never been a cap, as far as I know, and I've been officiating since 1979.

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. may know differently. He's been officiating since 1879.

Mark Padgett has been officiating as long as any of us, but he's never worked an overtime game in his life; never, ever; so he may not be of any help to this discussion.

Providing quality basketball officiating since 1971, LOL!

In the Ancient Days, each team (boys'/girls' H.S. and men's/women's college) had five full time outs (60 seconds) during regulation. If the game went to overtime, each team had one full time out added to any unused timeouts at the start of each overtime period. Meaning that in a game that goes into overtime, a team could have more than five timeouts available for it to use once the game goes into overtime.

The provision added a full timeout at the start of each overtime period is still in the NFHS and NCAA Mens' & Womens' Rules.

And speaking of overtime games. 1) Two weeks ago I finally had my first charge of the season in a boys' 7th grade game that Junior and I were officiating. The home team had the ball and a one point lead with 44 seconds left in the game and ended up losing in OT. But I am pleased to announce that I have had a number of charges since than and I am not longer have withdrawal symptoms. And 2) last night (Sat., Dec. 20th), Junior and I had a boys' JV game go double OT, . The home team won and only had four players on the court for the last six seconds of the game. When we got into the dressing room, Junior that the game had gone triple OT, . It was a long night. LOL!

Time to go to bed now, I am having oral surgery tomorrow morning.

MTD, Sr.