Wrong-direction jurisdiction

[Stat-Man]

I had a wrong basket scenario this winter. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your perspective), there was no BC violation to miss.

MS Boys, final game of the season, less than 2 minutes to go in the game. Team A gets confused in its back court somehow after an inbounds and immediately shoots at the wrong basket. It took me by surprise, but I finally realize what's going on and start a 10-second count (and I'm hoping and praying I get to 10 before someone scores into the wrong basket).

After another Team A missed shot at the wrong basket, the rebound somehow manages to bounce untouched over the half court line and Team B recovers it. Since there's no team control until someone secures the rebound, there's no BC violation, and Team B now has the ball in its own back court. The Team B player then drives for an uncontested layup... into the wrong basket, much to the chagrin of his coach. I end up whistling play dead, reporting a basket for team A to the table, and send Team B on its way in the proper direction.

In different game, a MS girls coach yelled at me for calling a BC violation on an opposing player for going the wrong direction. She wanted me to let the player keep going until she scored in the wrong basket. I just shook my head and thought to myself, Coach, you're getting the ball back, what are you complaining about?

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That said, barring a situation where I had a partner who was absolutely adamant about staying in one's primary, I'd call the BC violation on this as the Lead after giving the Trail a chance to call it. I'd have no problem calling this in case my partner was so surprised by what's happening that he or she has a brain fart about the BC violation associated with going the wrong way across half court.