Originally Posted by Rich (Post 952090)

You have as much right to authorize the teams to leave in this situation as you do to award 4 points for a half-court basket.

Originally Posted by Adam (Post 952040)

"Coach, you and your team need to remain at your bench until the FTs are completed." If he doesn't comply, then we have 4 free throws to shoot while he's in the locker room, and he'll come back to a seat belt.

Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes (Post 952277)

Actually, if we had wanted to stick it to him, we would have had 5 FTs to shoot since it was a 3 point try that the foul occurred on.

Thanks for the education on the rule here. I was pretty sure they were supposed to stay, but wasn't going to make a big deal of it as there was really no harm done in allowing them to leave, other then the couple of seconds it took them to vacate the bench before we shot the free throws.

And if my partner told a team they could leave, I'm certainly not going to stick a coach who was told it was OK to go.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref (Post 952017)

Straight from the NFHS Case Book:
UNAUTHORIZED LEAVING OF THE BENCH AREA/PLAYING COURT
10.5.5 SITUATION A: Airborne shooter A1 is fouled by B1 after the ball is
released on the try. Playing time for the second quarter expires while the unsuccessful
try is in flight. Since no players are required to line up for the free throws,
Team B’s head coach takes the team to the locker room to begin the intermission.
RULING: Team B’s head coach is assessed a direct technical foul for permitting
team members to leave the bench/court for an unauthorized reason. Even though
no time remains on the game clock, the quarter doesn’t end until A1’s free throws
are completed; therefore, the technical foul is part of the second quarter. A1 will
attempt the two shooting-foul free throws followed by any Team A member
attempting the two free throws for the technical foul. The Team B head coach has
lost coaching-box privileges for the remainder of the game. The third quarter will
begin with the alternating-possession procedure. (5-6-2 Exception 3)

Originally Posted by Rich1 (Post 952016)

Both teams must stay until the quarter has ended which is after the freethrows. Leaving the court before hand is considered "unauthorized" and will earn the coach a direct T.

Originally Posted by Refhoop (Post 974473)

Here's my question: Do the starters need to remain on the floor (30 second time out-like) while the free throws are being shot or can all the players sit on the bench, get a drink of water etc... provided they remain in the court area?

Originally Posted by Rich (Post 952090)

You have as much right to authorize the teams to leave in this situation as you do to award 4 points for a half-court basket.

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef (Post 974481)

A half court shot is worth 4 points? Duly noted


I wish I had a cool signature

Originally Posted by crosscountry55 (Post 974503)

Dude, you weren't even a forum member yet when he said that.

Party foul. :D

Originally Posted by frezer11 (Post 974520)

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha............



Is there a limit to how many times I'm allowed to put "ha" repeated by itself?

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant (Post 952083)

A good reason would be that if Team A was assessed a TF before shots were completed, you would have nobody from Team B to shoot them.