[connectthedots]

I used to ref college volleyball in one of the major conferences (The Conference of Champions) for several years making $70 per match + travel expenses. At that time, you did not do it for the money, but for the pride of being one of the best at it.

I also reffed HS basketball and the one call that I never had to make, but would have if it ever came up was this one. The situation is a played takes a shot as time is expiring, the shot is partially after the shot leaves the shooters hand, and then the ball goes in the baskets after time does expire. What is the call (at least at that time, about 14 years ago? Basket is no good because a shot attempt is over when the ball is touched by an opposing player.

[TexRef]

The situation is a played takes a shot as time is expiring, the shot is partially (blocked) after the shot leaves the shooters hand, and then the ball goes in the baskets after time does expire. What is the call (at least at that time, about 14 years ago? Basket is no good because a shot attempt is over when the ball is touched by an opposing player.

I don't know about 14 years ago (I'll look it up), but that is NOT the rule today -- at any level. A defensive touching of the ball does NOT end the "try" for goal.

[Always Right]

The situation is a played takes a shot as time is expiring, the shot is partially after the shot leaves the shooters hand, and then the ball goes in the baskets after time does expire. What is the call (at least at that time, about 14 years ago? Basket is no good because a shot attempt is over when the ball is touched by an opposing player.

Is it legal to goal tend a buzzer-beater shot? I mean if the game is over, you can't be called for goal-tending then?

[jeremiah]

You have too much time on your hands. If you made a Bull S4!7 call like that, you deserve whatever abuse the fans could heap on you. There is a spirit of competition, and the rule you mention, if true, would violate that spirit.

[jeremiah]

What if the opposing player that touched the ball, did so as it was descending into the hoop?

[Wrigley]

Yikes. Run for the hills after making that call.