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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Doing a U-10 game on a small court last weekend. Ball out of bounds on side. Throw in and ball goes into basket from out of bounds. What is the call?

Asked by KC Ref over 7 years ago

Violation.Thrown in for opposite team at previous throw in spot.

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 over 7 years ago

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

If a game can’t be finished because of power failure and there is time on the clock, what is the rule?

Asked by Nick over 7 years ago

I believe state rules and bylaws differ on this. Some states allow protests and replays, some do not.

are you allowed to fake a pass into an opponent's face? is it a foul? technical? or play on?

Asked by midd44 over 7 years ago

Assuming it is not considered taunting, play on.

a player throws a 'pass to himself' off the backboard. assuming it does not hit the rim, and that he takes more than 2 steps before shooting, shouldn't this be a traveling violation?

Asked by petermeadow over 7 years ago

In NFHS rules a player can retrieve the ball even if it does not touch the ring or backboard as long as the shot was a legitimate try for a basket. However, the backboard is like the floor when there is no shot, so in your scrnario it would be travelling because it was not a legit shot at the basket.

I'm watching a close game and the trailing team starts to foul the winning team. My question is why do the players wait until the ball is in the court to foul? Is it not possible to foul, say, the inbounder before he passes the ball in?

Asked by BearGryllz5 about 7 years ago

If the ball is dead there is no common foul. The ball is live when it is,at gge disposal of tge throw in player. I think teams wait so it looks less intentional.

end of regulation scoreboard shows 43-42 however both books agree score is 42-42 officials left floor wasnt discovered til after shake of hands officials were notified the ruled since we left floor area our jurisdiction scoreboard official not books?

Asked by Darrell Mossburg over 7 years ago

Big mistake by the officials. The referee is supposed to check with the scorer before leaving the court at the end of the game. I am not sure what the remedy would be, because of conflicting principles : the game official score is the book maintained by the score keeper, the game is official when the referrees leave the confines of the court, and finally, most states do not have provisions for protesting the outcomes of gamed. For sure, the referee should be punished.