Shooting at the wrong hoop

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rbruno

This happened yesterday to me in an AAU tournament game.
Blue team passes the ball in after a made basket by White. Blue player shoots at the wrong basket and the ball goes in. Now in the confusion the White team takes the ball out of bounds at that basket and passes it in. Players are all confused as to what happened and are standing around without violation. The Blue team steals the ball races up to their correct hoop where we have a White foul on the shot. The white coach is telling me that I have to correct this. I tell him it is not correctable and things have to stand as they are with Blue shot at Whites basket counting for White and the suspequent foul at the other end standing.
Should we have blown the whistle after Blue shooting at the wrong hoop and White passing in?

If blue shot at the wrong basket, white gets the points. Blue gets the ball again. This is the point where you should have stopped the game to prevent white from getting the ball. White coach was right, you should have stopped it.

By the time the foul occurred, though, it was too late.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

... you should have stopped it.

Easy to say, and probably easy to do. Do a few AAU games in a row. Mental, and physical, fatigue start to factor in. Maybe "Fashion Police" rules are not enforced to the nth degree. Officials are seeing different color uniforms, or the same color uniforms, all day, with some players possibly wearing incorrect color undershirts. It's a simple play that we've all seen a million times, a made basket, followed by a throwin, so maybe the officials are only paying 75% attention. Suddenly a Blue player attempts a try. Official scratches his head, "Is he shooting the right way? What half is this? Where are the team benches? Maybe I'd better ... Wait? Now White has the ball? White? What the hell ...? Blue? White? Maybe I'd better ... No way? A foul? A freaking foul? Can this get any worse?"

[Stillblind]

Originally Posted by Adam

If blue shot at the wrong basket, white gets the points. Blue gets the ball again. This is the point where you should have stopped the game to prevent white from getting the ball. White coach was right, you should have stopped it.

By the time the foul occurred, though, it was too late.

Adam, I believe the correct term would be to throw the ball at the wrong basket. I don't believe you can shoot at the wrong basket. We are all clear on what your saying, but it does make a difference

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Stillblind

Adam, I believe the correct term would be to throw the ball at the wrong basket. I don't believe you can shoot at the wrong basket. We are all clear on what your saying, but it does make a difference

Since "shot" or "shoot" aren't really defined in the rules, I don't think it matters.

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by Adam

Since "shot" or "shoot" aren't really defined in the rules, I don't think it matters.

What rules are you looking at?!? NFHS definitions, section 41 . . .

[Adam]

Originally Posted by so cal lurker

What rules are you looking at?!? NFHS definitions, section 41 . . .

I'll have to double check, but I was thinking the rules clearly define "try" but not "shot." I suppose "shooting motion" could be applied, though.