Ken Pink's Basketball Play of the Week
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Play of the Week - 11/06/2007
Situation:   Rule 10.3.4.E
Only a few seconds remain in the second quarter. Team A is advancing the ball from backcourt to frontcourt. A1 is driving toward his/her basket and is about to dunk the ball when the horn sounds to end the first half.  Shortly after the horn sounds, A1 dunks the ball and hangs on to the rim.
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Play of the Week - 11/13/2007
Situation:   Case Book 5.2.1 E
During the pregame period, the visiting theam prperly used the est goal and the hme team the west goal. The officials, by mistake, allow the jumpers to face the wrong direction to start the game. A1 controls the tap by tapping the ball back to A2. A2, realizing the he/she had warmed up at the basket behind A1, dribbles to that basket and scores an uncontested basket.
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Play of the Week - 11/20/2007
Situation:   Case Book 4.29
During A1's attempt to pass the A2, B1 (a) intentionally uses his/her thigh to deflect the pass; (b) intentionally kicks the ball with his/her foot; or (c) has the ball accidentally hit his/her lower leg.
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Play of the Week - 11/27/2007
Situation:  Happy Thanksgiving - No POTW

Play of the Week - 12/04/2007
Situation:   Case book 10.3.7A
Does holding or moving a hand or hands in front of the face of a player who has the ball, by an opponent who is in a legal guarding position, constitute unsporting tactics?
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Play of the Week - 1/8/2008
Situation:   Case Book 9.2.2.C
A1 scores a basket. After the ball goes through the net, B1 grabs it and makes a move toward the end line as though preparing the make a throw-in. However, B1 never legally steps out of bounds, both feet remain inbounds. B1 immediately passes the ball up the court to a fast-breaking theammate, who scores a basket.  
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Play of the Week - 1/22/2008
Situation:   Case Book 5.7.4
The score it sied at the end of regulation time. During the overtime period, the official scorer informs the feferee that Team A had an additional point in the fourth quarter that was not counted. In (a), the referee reviews the scorebook and recognizes where a point was not properly credited to Team A; or (b) the referee does not have  definite knowledge that a point was not credited to Team A.
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Play of the Week - 1/29/2008
Situation: Case book 10.4.1.E
A1 is driving toward the basket for an apparant goal when the official, while trailing the play advancing in the direction in which the ball is being advanced, is cursed by the head coach of Team B. How should the official handle this situation?
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Play of the Week - 2/12/2008
Situation:   Case Book 9.1.1
A1, at the free throw line to attempt a free throw (a) muffs the pass from the official and it rolls fowrard; or (b) accidently drops the ball before the throwing motion is started.
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Play Rulings

Ruling: Play of the Week - 11/06/2007
Situation:   Rule 10.3.4.E
A1 is assessed a technical foul for dunking a dead ball. The foul is also charged indirectly to the head coach since A1 is considered bench personnel. The third quarter begins with Team B being awarded two free throws and the ball at the division line. The alternating-possession arrow is not affected and remains unchanged.
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Ruling: Play of the Week - 11/13/2007
Situation:   Case Book 5.2.1 E
Score the basket for Team A. The officials should stop the game and emphasize to both teams the proper directiion. Them mistake is an official's error by allowing A1 and B1 to face the wrong direction; not a correctable error.
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Ruling: Play of the Week - 11/20/2007
Situation: Case Book 4.29
In (a) and (b), there is a kicking violation and Team A will receive the ball out of bounds nearest the violation. In (c), the ball remains live and there is no violation.
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Ruling: Play of the Week - 11/27/2007
Situation:   Happy Thanksgiving - No POTW
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Ruling: Play of the Week - 12/04/2007
Situation:    Case book 10.3.7A
Yes. The described action is illegal. It is unsporting for a guard to take a position behind a post player, or to take a position facing an oponent, or to take a position with his/her back to the ball and facing the opponent and then in either case, wave or hold the hands in front of the opponent's eyes so that the opponent cannot see. Holding or waving hands near the eye for the ostensible purpose of obstructing an opponent's vision unsporting.
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Ruling: Play of the Week - 1/8/2008
Situation:   Case Book 9.2.2.C
Cancel Team B's goal, throw-in violation on B1. The ball was at B1's disposal after the made basket to make a throw-in. B1 must be out of bounds to make a legal throw-in.
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Ruling: Play of the Week - 1/22/2008
Situation: Case Book 5.7.4
In (a), the referee adds a point to Team A's score. In (b), the referee does not add a point to Team A's score. In either case, the referee continues the overtime period to its completion.
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Ruling: Play of the Week - 1/29/2008
Situation:   Case Book 10.4.1.E
The official shall withhold blowing the whistle until A1 has either made or missed the shot. The official shall then sound the whistle and assess the Team B head coach with a technical foul. If the official judges the act to be flagrant, the coach shall be ejected and shall leave the vicinity of the playing area and have no further contact (direct or indirect) with the team. If A's coach was the offender, the whistle shall be sounded immediately when the unsporting act occurs.
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Ruling: Play of the Week - 2/12/2008
Situation:   Case Book 9.1.1
In (a) and (b) the official should sound the whistle to prevent any violations and then start the free throw procedure again. no free-throw violation should be called in this situation.
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