Rndballref
20 Years Experience
Chicago, IL
Male, 60
For twenty years I officiated high school, AAU and park district basketball games, retiring recently. For a few officiating is the focus of their occupation, while for most working as an umpire or basketball referee is an avocation. I started ref'ing to earn beer money during college, but it became a great way to stay connected to the best sports game in the universe. As a spinoff, I wrote a sports-thriller novel loosely based on my referee experiences titled, Advantage Disadvantage
In theory, you cannot use your hand to swat away the defender. In practice, I think it is a judgement call by the official. If I were working games my judgement would be based on whether the hand swat created any kind of advantage for the offense.
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In Illinois, video replay is limited to the state playoff series. Each state makes its own video rules.
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Since the timer or the clock had a malfunction, the referee must mak an assessment. Given all the passes most likely the basket should not count.
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In NFHS rules there is no provision for overruling one another. In practice the referee decides disputes between umpires.
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If the ball comes to a rest, the dribble has ended, and then subsequent dribbles would be double dribble (commonly known as carrying the ball). If your hand is on top of the ball clearly no carrying. If your hand is under the ball, clearly a violation. The side represents a tougher call. What I looked for is if the hand is on the side, does the dribbler change ball direction in the direction of the hand before dribbling - in other words is the hand pulling the ball backwards? If so double dribble or carrying the ball. In the Kevin Durant video, based on high school rules it is clear to me that he is carrying the ball.
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The rules allow a player to hold onto the rim for safety. If the player holds on excessively it could be ruled a technical foul or basket interference. So it comes down to thecref's judgement.
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The ref on the endline should "referee the defense". It is hard to do because you naturally want to watch the ball, but if the endline referee focuses on the tracking the defenders hr will most often get the block/charge decision correct.
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