12/17 Eastern Brown @ Peebles

[indians10]

Norman,I believe the two refs were discussing if it should be called a two shot foul because of being in the double bonus,or a three shot foul,because he was in the act of attempting to shoot.That is what I have been told.I do believe the horn did not go off,even though there was no time left on clock if the horn doesn't sound there is still a very short amount of time left.Either way,it was a very exciting and fun game to watch.Horn doesn't go off,foul called then game isn't over.

[IndianChop]

Hoopie, I was at the game tonight and I also saw some of what you saw. Coach Beucler did lobby for a three at the end of regulation. I also saw Coach Arey lobby for two fts. Both coaches were trying to help their team. That's what they are supposed to do. Was Coach Beucler supposed to say "Just give us two free throws, I don't want an opportunity to win this game." Of course not, and I think you know that too. You stated earlier that the "refs blew it", but they really made the right call. #10 for Eastern intercepted the pass and then attempted to shoot a three. The score was 58-55 and Eastern needed a three to tie the game. What else was he supposed to do because of the little amount of time left. There was not enough time to throw it to another player and then shoot or even take two dribbles and then shoot. This was a veteran crew who ended up making the right call. Give credit to #10 for knocking down all three free throws. That must have been very difficult considering the amount of pressure that was on him. Your Indians fought hard and played a very competitive game.

I agree with this for the most part but, then how do you not put time back on the clock ? So he was fouled with 0 seconds left in the game?

IndianChop, I thought about the same thing that you did and I am no rules expert. I do believe it takes 0.4 seconds to get a shot off by rule. For #10 to be able to catch the ball and attempt to get it off, this would have taken at least 0.4 seconds. If my memory serves me correctly, I think there was 0.6 seconds on the clock before the ball was in-bounded. At most, I believe there could have been 0.2 seconds put on the clock, but time could have also expired. I have seen free throws shot at the end of quarters that were shot with no time left on the clock, so it also could have been possible that no time was left on the clock. Maybe someone with more knowledge of the rules will see this and give us some more insight.

Yea I was just curious on the rule there. But any how Peebles will learn and be better because of this game. They got beat by a good team. And Peebles shouldn't even be putting the ref in that position to call the foul. 0.6 sec and your contesting that shot. Also, how hard is it to knock down those free throws. Wow !!