Basketball Referee

Basketball Referee

Rndballref

20 Years Experience

Chicago, IL

Male, 60

For twenty years I officiated high school, AAU and park district basketball games, retiring recently. For a few officiating is the focus of their occupation, while for most working as an umpire or basketball referee is an avocation. I started ref'ing to earn beer money during college, but it became a great way to stay connected to the best sports game in the universe. As a spinoff, I wrote a sports-thriller novel loosely based on my referee experiences titled, Advantage Disadvantage

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Last Answer on September 20, 2019

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If a player has given up his dribble, but has dropped the ball, can he pick it up and pass it?

Asked by TJ almost 7 years ago

Yes, if it is deemed unintentional. In the rulebook.it is called a muff.

is it legal for a Referee per fiba ball rules to ask the scorer to rewrite a scoresheet game of a couple of players numbers are ineligible to read on the scoresheet?

Asked by is it legal for a Referee to ask the scorer to rewrite a scoresheet if there was aerror on the scoresheet where the nos looked messy an a bit ineligabke to read over 7 years ago

Sorry, I am no expert on Fiba rules.

If I am in the Triple Threat position and have not dribbled when faking my shot can I go up on the balls of my feet? I read that you cannot fake a shot going up on the balls of your feet even though I have not jumped for the shot.

Asked by Doug over 7 years ago

Yes, as long as you keep your pivot foot in place, or if you have no pivot foot, you keep both feet down. Not sure why you would do this, even if it is legal.

Last question was about specific situation : shooter made a shot from FT line. I was in between him and a basket tried to block a shot and touched the ball slightly to change a trajectory of it and after that touched a wrist. Would you call foul ?

Asked by andrewd almost 7 years ago

As you descibe it, no I would not call it a foul because if you did not hit the wrist the result would be the same...blocked shot.

The ball is being inbounded in a high school game. The inbound pass is tipped and goes out of bounds and the official fails to start the clock with his signal. This results in no time off the clock.How much time, if any, should be taken off the clock

Asked by Sonny Harmon about 7 years ago

It depends. Did the tipped ball stay in bounds before exiting or did it got directly out of bounds?

If contact occurs that would be a foul if the ball were live occurs immediately after the clock expires at the end of a quarter, is it a foul?

Asked by Jim about 7 years ago

If time has expired and the ball is dead, a personal foul is ignored unless flagrant. If flagrant, it is enforced at the start of the next quarter, unless the game has ended.

Can a referee eject a coach with a second technical after the game is over?

Asked by Eric_nakagawa@yahoo about 7 years ago

Well, the game is final when the officials leave the confines of the game. Since any post game technicals will not affect the score, they are not enforceable. So poor behavior after the game is under the purview of state specific rules or bylaws.