TO in OT (revisited)

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Originally posted by sm_bbcoach
No, not that TO.

A little while back, there was a discussion about timeouts in overtime. All agreeded that 2nd half carry over, but there was some debate a to weather they accumulate in the OT's. So,I decided to contact the NFHS for their ruling. Here it is:

Situation: regulation game ends 6-6. Team A has all 3 timeouts left, team B
has none. During the first OT period, team B uses a timeout, team A does
not. It ends still 6-6.

So, as they move on to the next OT period, does team A have 5 TO available(3 from regulation + 1 1st OT + 1 2nd OT) team B will have 1.

Correct.

All second half time outs do carry over. So Team A would have their 3 regulation game time-outs and 1 additional for each over-time period played.

Jerry L. Diehl
Assistant Director
National Federation of State High School Assn. (NFHS)

While I appreciate Mr. Deihl's willingness to answer this and other questions, he has no jurisdiction here. The Overtime Procedure is a SUGGESTED procedure. States are free to change the procedure in any way that they see fit. Several states do not allow OT timeouts to carry over, including NC and, as I recall, Florida.