Possession question

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by UpperValley

Having been a scorekeeper for many years, this looks like a forgotten change of the arrow. The OP states team A got the ball to start the third quarter. Assuming no held balls during the third quarter, the arrow should have team B possession. Upon conferring at the end of the quarter, it's discovered that the arrow wasn't changed at the beginning of the quarter, therefore giving B the possession arrow. It happens.

(Agree that you can't have a held ball after the buzzer.)

In all of my games, I suspect I could count on my hand the number of times I've had an entire quarter go by without using the arrow at all .

I think OP is right, albeit for the wrong reason.

[UpperValley]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

In all of my games, I suspect I could count on my hand the number of times I've had an entire quarter go by without using the arrow at all .

I would agree, although I have had a few games where the arrow only changed at each quarter. Just throwing out how/why the actual throw in was in conflict with what the arrow showed. I think the jump ball is a distraction.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

In all of my games, I suspect I could count on my hand the number of times I've had an entire quarter go by without using the arrow at all .

Really? I don't find it uncommon at all. It's certainly more common in boys games than girls games. And in sub-varsity it's less likely. But in varsity games, it's not unusual at all.

[APG]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

In all of my games, I suspect I could count on my hand the number of times I've had an entire quarter go by without using the arrow at all .

I think OP is right, albeit for the wrong reason.

In the boys game I work, it's not too uncommon to have 2-3 quarters without a held ball.

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by APG

In the boys game I work, it's not too uncommon to have 2-3 quarters without a held ball.

And in 6th grade girls games, it's not too uncommon to go 2 or 3 possessions without a held ball . . . I rember reffing those games in HS (my "training" was reading the rule book) -- and my arm could be tired from tossing the ball up so many times. . . I still think the guys on the committee who adopted the horrific possession arrow "solution" must have done those young games . . .

[Adam]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

In all of my games, I suspect I could count on my hand the number of times I've had an entire quarter go by without using the arrow at all .

I think OP is right, albeit for the wrong reason.

I have quarters go by all the time where we don't use the arrow. I don't even remember them anymore. I do remember a game this year where we went three quarters without using it, then had 4 within the first two minutes of the 4th quarter.

Originally Posted by Adam

I have quarters go by all the time where we don't use the arrow. I don't even remember them anymore. I do remember a game this year where we went three quarters without using it, then had 4 within the first two minutes of the 4th quarter.

It is theoretically impossible to go more than a quarter (or halves if you play that) without using the arrow.

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by AremRed

It is theoretically impossible to go more than a quarter (or halves if you play that) without using the arrow.

Theoretically, I could start every quarter with a T….

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by BigCat

Theoretically, I could start every quarter with a T….

= comeback of the month. Oh, snap!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by AremRed

It is theoretically impossible to go more than a quarter (or halves if you play that) without using the arrow.

Theoretically, you'd be right.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by AremRed

It is theoretically impossible to go more than a quarter (or halves if you play that) without using the arrow.

Actually, it's not. It's theoretically possible to go the entire game without using it.