team left court end of 1st half

[crosscountry55]

I had middle school situation like that five years ago. The coach of the non-shooting team starts to walk off. I said, "Coach, the quarter isn't over yet; your team has to stay until the free throws are over." He didn't like it, and I had to say it again. He hesitated, waffled, but ultimately still meandered his team toward the locker room while the free throws were being shot.

In hindsight, I should have called a T. But I was a new official and couldn't pull the trigger. My partner didn't care (would have been nice if he'd had my back).

I later emailed a guy at the state office for an opinion. He said, "did letting him go affect anything?" I said, "no." So he replied, "then just let him go." I don't agree with that, but in fairness I wanted to provide a coordinator's point of view.

So here's a quiz for new officials. If the T is called in that situation, how and when is the penalty enforced?

[kstiles99]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

I said, "Coach, the quarter isn't over yet;"

So here's a quiz for new officials. If the T is called in that situation, how and when is the penalty enforced?

If the quarter isn't over, I'd be giving free throws right there to the other team...

1st year official right here

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

This is a true tale. Last year Mark, Jr., and I had a boys' JV game and H1 was fouled in the Act of Shooting a successful FG Attempt at the buzzer to end the 2nd Quarter. The Visitors stayed to on the Court, but A1's own team (including the coaches) headed to the lockerroom. We were so stunned we forgot to get them back the gym.

When we came back out onto the court to start the 2nd Half, the Visitor's HC asked me if Team A could do that, and I was honest with him and told him that we screwed up by letting them leave but we were surprised that they didn't want to see whether their own teammate made the FT. He asked if there was a penalty, and I told him he didn't want to know the answer. He said "TF, right?" Me: "I told you that you didn't want to know" And he laughed, saying that to do so would have embarrassed A1.

MTD, Sr.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by kstiles99

If the quarter isn't over, I'd be giving free throws right there to the other team...

1st year official right here

Ding ding ding. Correct! False multiple foul. Billy, tell him what he's won!

No penalty carries over to another period (except a correctable error if in time) so start the 3rd with a normal AP throw-in opposite the table.