Use your mulligan?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Going back to the OP.

The Game Clock starts when the Toss is touched by either jumper, and we do not reset the game clock if the ball is tossed and we then blow the ball dead for the bad toss.

I had a mulligan in the 1983-84 season (I remember because the "better half" and I only lived in LA from 1982 to 1984.) and we jumped all held balls (we only had two-person crews back then). I was going to toss the ball for a jump ball at Team A's free throw circle when I did not make a very good toss and I knew it. B1 tapped the ball toward her team's basket and because of my poor toss Team B was going to have a easy layup. I had trouble grabbing my whistle to blow the play dead and re-toss the ball and without thinking I yelled: "WAIT A MINUTE!!" My partner sensed I wanted to bring the ball back and whistled the ball dead. We all laughed: partner, players, and coaches. I re-tossed the ball and Team B got the ball off of the tip.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

The Game Clock starts when the Toss is touched by either jumper, and we do not reset the game clock if the ball is tossed and we then blow the ball dead for the bad toss.

Not quite. Almost only counts in horseshoes, and hand grenades.

5-9-2: If play is started or resumed by a jump, the clock shall be started when the tossed ball is legally touched.

If you're retossing for a bad toss, then you would be correct to not reset the game clock if the ball was legally touched.

If you call a violation because the ball was legally touched, and subsequently illegally caught by one of the jumpers, then you would be correct to not reset the game clock because the ball was legally touched.

However, if you call a violation because the ball was touched by a jumper on the way up, that's an illegal touch, and the game clock should be reset to 8:00 if the timekeeper had erroneously started the game clock.

Just flip a damn coin, or give the ball to the visitors. It'll save a lot of aggravation.