So did you count each team players after a time out? Like I mentioned ESPN said the refs are supposed to count the players to help the coaches, or is espn full on crap?
4 defenders in with a minute left?
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In high school, JV, and JH games, it is customary to count the players after coming out of EVERY timeout. Mainly to ensure there are no more than 5 players on the court, which happens most frequently. It isn't done to "help" the coaches but to ensure there are only 5 players on each team. If an officiating crew counts each team and notices one of them only has 4 players on the court, it is customary to inform the coach. The official(s) not inbounding the ball (either in a 2-person or 3-person crew) should signal to the referee inbounding the ball that they are ready for play. If the college-level officials don't do that, it seems like a failure to properly manage the game.
End result is that it is still the head coach's responsibility, but proper/fair game management by the officials also comes into play. Especially at the most critical juncture for end-of-game situations.
I take it officials helping coaches have the correct number of players in the game doesn’t apply to football. They don’t stop you either way. Did it determine the outcome of the game? Might have but not scoring many points in the last 3-4 minutes sure does.
I believe you’re required to have 5 on the floor if you have available players.
Interesting. Just watched the end of the Duke -StJohns game. 2 seconds left a TO Duke had the call up 3 . Dukes ball . Teams came out ST Johns had 6 on je floor. They sent a player off before they inbounded. Interesting?
I think Nebraska-Iowa refs missed it, plain and simple. Not sure it was intentional?
If you count? How can it not be intentionall? That didn’t cost up the game. But when you see a similar situation the next night and it gets corrected it’s interesting?
Ah, I was just making sure where you were going. I'm not sure they did it purposefully, but I also don't know. If they did, you'd think they would also call the technical foul on Nebraska, which was also missed
If the officials are to count and make sure there are 5 players on each team coming out of a TO then the 4or 6 in a floor for a team wouldn’t happen before the ball inbounds. This said technical would never happen you need to drop that act .
It’s a technical to have more than 5 it is not to have less than 5. Yes the refs should count for more than 5. Maybe they did count and at that point, the refs don’t have to say anything, it was on Fred at that point.