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MONTANA OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION
BASKETBALL STUDY CLUB OUTLINES
2012-13
LESSON #3
NAME______________________________________________________________________________
CLUB_____________________________________ DATE____________________________________
I. Review and discuss the following articles in the 2012-13 Basketball Preseason Guide:
Confidence, Focus Key for Officials in Conflict Management – page 3
Capture the Moment With Good Look – page 6
How You Communicate to Others is Key in Making Your Point, Avoiding Disaster – page 6
Above All, Mind Your Own Business – page 9
Nine Ways to Improve Your Believability – page 11
Avoid Table Gaffes With Clock Awareness – page 15
II.
New casebook situations found in the 2012-13 NFHS Basketball Casebook:
3.4.3 SITUATION: Starter, A1, has brought the wrong uniform and with 8 minutes on the clock
prior to the start of the game, switches with A15 and now is wearing a legal jersey but a new
number. With 2 minutes on the clock prior to the start of the game, it is discovered that starter,
B1, is wearing a different jersey than indicated in the scorebook. It is confirmed that a wrong
number was provided to the official scorer and a change is made to reflect the correct number in
the scorebook. RULING: Both Team A and B are charged with a technical foul for changing a
number in the scorebook and will begin the game with one team foul toward the bonus. No free
throws are awarded and the game will begin at the point of interruption, which is the opening
jump ball. COMMENT: When each team is assessed one technical foul prior to the game, a
double technical foul has occurred, as this is considered “approximately the same time.”
9.2.10 SITUATION: Team A has a designated spot throw-in along the end line. Thrower A1
extends the ball with his/her arms over the end line such that part of the forearms, hands and the
ball are entirely on the inbounds side of the boundary line. B2 slaps A1 on the wrist and dislodges
the ball. RULING: When a defender makes contact with a thrower-in, the result is an intentional
foul. Where A1’s arms are located (on the inbounds or out-of-bounds side of the boundary
doesn’t matter for this penalty to be assessed). A1 is awarded two free throws and Team A
awarded a throw-in at the spot nearest the foul. COMMENT: For a boundary plane violation
warning to also be assessed, the defender must actually violate the rule and penetrate the
boundary plane.
9.2.10 SITUATION: During the first quarter, Team B receives a warning for breaking the
boundary plane during a throw in. Late in the fourth quarter, B2 contacts the thrower A1 during a
throw-in. RULING: B2 will be charged with an intentional foul for contacting A1 during a throw in.
The more egregious act is the intentional foul (since it involves contact and interfering with play
and not just crossing a plane, etc.), therefore it is penalized. There is no need to issue a second
warning for delay.
III.
COMMONLY MISUNDERSTOOD RULES
TRAVELING
A player cannot travel unless they are in possession of a live ball that has inbounds status. A
player could fumble the ball the entire length of the court, and would not have travelled. Unless it
was ruled that he/she fumbled the ball to control it. A player could dive for a ball, gain control of it
and slide, via momentum, any distance and would not have travelled. There is no limit to the
amount of steps that a player can take between dribbles. If a player attempts to end a dribble,
loses control of the ball, then gains control of the ball, the player would not have travelled. The