Running time sitch

[bainsey]

Charity tournament, equal to men's wreck. Two 20-minute running time halves, running time, with stop time the last two minutes. During running time, the clock only stops during time outs, and at our instruction.

A-1 is fouled while in the act of shooting. Before he shoots his free throws, A-2 requests a time out, which is granted. Clock is stopped with 2:40 left in the second half, B leading (I forget by how much).

After the time-out, I administer the two free throws, and instruct the clock operator to start the clock when A-1 has the ball at his disposal. A-2 objects, saying he called time out, and the clock should start after the free throws. I point out the ball is live when A-1 gets it.

There was no hard, fast rule outlined for this situation, but overall, I believe I had the correct application. Has anyone had anything similar/different in such off-season tournaments?

Yeah I've had a couple similar games and use the same logic you did. Nice job!

[bob jenkins]

While I agree, others have the "rule" that a TO stops the clock until it would start under normal rules.

Next time you see the running clock rules, get the re-start clarified before the game / tournament.

[Raymond]

On those occasions where I've worked with running clocks, anytime it is stopped for a time-out, the clock resumes the same as it would in a regulation game.

[APG]

In games with a running clock and coming from a TO, I would start the clock normally...as though it wasn't a running clock.

[JRutledge]

I do what we normally do unless instructed otherwise. I have worked a tournament that even had time running during a timeout in some situations.

Peace

[HokiePaul]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

On those occasions where I've worked with running clocks, anytime it is stopped for a time-out, the clock resumes the same as it would in a regulation game.

Originally Posted by APG

In games with a running clock and coming from a TO, I would start the clock normally...as though it wasn't a running clock.

This is what's common in my area.

[walt]

I agree with the comments that say check with the league admins. We have two men's leagues here and after timeouts, one starts the clock with ball at disposal and one starts as we would normally have it start.