Issue 73, January 15, 2008
MACBOA Newsletter

In this Issue:

• Remarks from the Supervisor of Officials: Donnee L. Gray
• Member Spotlight:  5 minutes with Wainwright Jackson
• Contributing article: Flexibility Facts (Rene Bates MSPT, CSCS)
• QUIZ TIME!
• Questions and Answers to Last Month’s Quiz
• NCJAA Rankings
• TURNER SPORTING GOODS:   MACBOA Sportswear Now on Sale
• Submitting Articles for MACBOA Consideration
• MACBOA Volunteers
• Newsletter Contact/Information

The MACBOA Newsletter is a periodic newsletter publication of the Mid-Atlantic College Basketball Officials Association (MACBOA). MACBOA provides basketball officiating services to several colleges and universities in the Maryland - Washington, DC area. The Association has a membership of approximately 200 men and women officials. Our membership consist of men and women who work Divisions I, II, and III basketball.  We pride our Association on providing quality and professional service.

The usefulness and survival of this newsletter is going to depend on the participation of subscribers and professionals alike. Please help by submitting personal stories, experiences, and articles of general interest to the MACBOA community.

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Remarks from the Supervisor of Officials: Donnee L. Gray

A special thank you to all of those officials and observers who worked member institution holiday tournaments.  As we begin the second half of the season, remember it is our mission to provide the highest quality officiating services for member institutions by enhancing levels of communication and appraisal/evaluation systems.  MACBOA strives to place the best on staff and encourages each official to take care of each game, take care of administrative matters, and be good partners.

The objective of our MACBOA web site is to provide information and material to our officials and the colleges we service as well as our friends and colleagues around the world.   It is the intent and hope that the information and materials provided will be of assistance in development of game officials as well as be of general interest to fans of the game who may want to learn more about the various aspects of officiating.

Crew Chief Game Evaluations – Please submit online game reports through the Arbiter.net (“Evaluate Officials”) system in a timely manner.

Observers:  Please continue to provide timely game reports. 

Officials:   Please have a copy of the MACBOA College and Travel Directory with you.  Plan travel accordingly and build in time for weather and or hioghway construction projects.   Access the information at http://www.macboa.org/about/directory.html

Please referee your primary area remembering that you also have a secondary responsibility in a basketball game. Please see the whole play through until the end before you blow your whistle. There are some good block shots and great steals in the junior college game.

We have zero tolerance on unsporting behavior by players.  Make it clear and obvious that a warning has been given for bench decorum. If the violation occurs during a live ball, at the next dead ball, the official should then clearly demonstrate to the coach that he has been warned.  Do not leave any doubt to the coach or officiating partners that a warning has been given.  Assistant coaches are to remain seated on the bench except for the exceptions listed under Bench Area Restrictions in Rule 10. Prolonged standing or kneeling is not permitted.

Coaches and Athletic Directors: We need your assistance.  If you are the home team, please have your table personnel at the game at least 30 minutes prior to the scheduled game time.  It is difficult when table personnel arrive five minutes before a game, make mistakes, and then the officials are blamed for the errors.

Donnee L.. Gray
Supervisor of Officials

Member Spotlight:  5 minutes with Wainwright Jackson

Why did you become a basketball official?
I played organized basketball, for the Girls and Boys Club, in JH, HS and College.  Officiating was a way to stay close to the game I loved.

When did you start officiating?
I started officiating in 1993.  I would run into Donnee Gray on the Hill usually on his way to an ACC game, and I expressed an interest in officiating.  Donnee referred me to his close friend Willie Jones who also work on the Hill in the Library of Congress.  Willie Jones invited me to participate in the IAABO Board 12 new applicant training program and I successfully completed the training.  I enjoyed working high school basketball, but did not achieve the goals I had anticipated.  I eventually became so deterred with the politics and favoritism in high school basketball that I decided to turn my focus to college basketball only.  

When did you break into NCAA officiating?
I started my NCAA officiating career with MACBOA 1996-97 season.  In 1999 I received my first Division 1 contract with the Mid-American Conference(MAC).

What would you like to share about the MACBOA?
MACBOA afforded me several opportunities in my college officiating career.  Most importantly it provided me with an opportunity to give back and work with the young officials as a clinician and observer at the TIME OUT Officials Camp.  MACBOA has also been the stepping stone for several other officials Men and Women to get into NCAA officiating and has provided them the experience and growth to move on to other levels of NCAA officiating, Division 1, 2 and 3.  Also, the leadership and veteran officials foster a family and mentoring environment for all members.  
 
What as some of the highlights of your avocation?
Working the JUCO state regional and national tournament games.  In the tournaments the level of play escalates and the excitement keeps your adrenaline flowing.  Also, the JUCO teams in the area are ranked high nationally all during the season.  So, there is some good JUCO basketball to officiate at in this area.  Since I have been working for MACBOA several players and teams have moved on to play in the D-1, 2 and 3 regional and national tournaments.   Also, there have been several players that have played on Maryland JUCO teams that have went on to some of the topped ranked D-1 and D-2 programs and had very successful careers.  My experience working the D-3 JUCO tourney in Delhi, NY with Joe Palmer was very memorable.  This experience also provided me the opportunity to be observed by Wayne Baker and his associates and I was offered a contract to work the D-1 JUCO  Nationals in Hutchinson, KS.  

Another highlight of my career was working my first D-1 game at Marshall University in West Virginia with a fellow MACBOA official Rodney Holland.  In my first D-1 game I was impresses with the skill level of the player.  They were much bigger and faster than I had anticipated. I was also impressed with the professionalism of game management, the table and the size and quality of the arena the contest were played in.   

What would you like to share with others about officiating?
Whatever level you achieve in officiating try to be better than the best.  Not all officials will be given the opportunity to work big time college basketball.  Don't let that deter officiating is not always about your ability, but being in the right place at the right time.  There have been several  good officials who did not receive a break or the opportunity to work or move up to the next level of officiating.  If you are given an opportunity stay level headed and and always work hard to get better.  Handle all your game assignments as you would a D-1 assignment because to the players participating and the coaches coaching this is their big time basketball.     

It is a good business but we make it bad.  Officials backstabbing each other and selling their soul for a basketball game takes the fun out of officiating. 

Anything else?
I would like to thank Donnee Gray for the opportunities he afforded me and Willie Jones and Al Tyler for their  mentoring and guidance.  And I hope to see the day when you can turn on the TV and see more people of color given opportunities in the major D-1 conferences to work their regular season, conference tournaments and the National Championship Tournament-March Madness.  

Contributing article republished with permission
Flexibility Facts (Rene Bates MSPT, CSCS)

Ok, all right. Everyone talks about stretching. There are many myths out there that cause good efforts to improve flexibility and decrease injury to fail. Let’s get right to the facts. When you stretch after you warm up, you are improving mobility of the connective tissue and stimulating your muscles to prepare for activity. You are not going to obtain long-term flexibility from a pre-stretch.

Long-term flexibility improvement can only come from holding your body in appropriate alignment while performing your daily activities i.e. like sitting, sleeping, and standing. It is also maintained by using your body while maintaining alignment i.e. lifting, moving from sit to stand, getting out of bed, brushing your teeth etc. The adage if you don't use it you loose it applies here. For example when you where 15 or 16 years old you would bend at your hips to put your shoes on. Now most of you bend at your low back. Because of the change in how you move most people loose flexibility in the hips. Other areas people commonly loose flexibility are their Latissimus dorsi, pectoralis major, hamstrings, hip flexors, hip abductors, hip external rotators. Basically around their hips and shoulder girdle is where most people loose flexibility.

Once your hips and shoulder girdles tend to loose flexibility then bad changes occur in your spine. You see, if the body looses flexibility in one area then another area has to move more to make up for it. In this case, it will be your spine. Typically, degenerative changes occur in your neck and your low back. These areas are forced to move more and they wear out from being over stretched.

One last note to consider. Not everyone has the same flexibility issues; in fact, each person is different. Therefore, not all stretches are good for everyone. If you read a magazine with ten stretches in it, five you may not need, two may help you, and three may hurt you. The bottom line is do not waste your time doing exercises and stretches you are unsure of, get help from a professional. Stop and ask for directions. Exercise should be safe, efficient and rewarding because you want to achieving your goals.

QUIZ TIME!

The following questions must be returned to Donnee L. Gray, MACBOA Supervisor of Officials postmarked or sent via email no later than January 26, 2008 to be in good standing and to be eligible for consideration of MACBOA assignments.

In answering the questions, answers must include supporting rulebook citation. Officials working men's or women's basketball may answer the questions according to the respective codes.

Cut-and-paste the quiz and e-mail your test with answers to dgray@macboa.org.

Faxed submission will NOT be accepted as meeting the requirement.  Use E-mail or regular postal mail! 

PRINT NAME: _________________________________________________

CHECK ONE: ______ Men's Official ______ Women's Official

1. During which of these scenarios does team A have team control?
a. A1 is making a throw-in.
b. A1 is dribbling the ball inbounds.
c. The ball is in the air during a pass from A1 to A2.
d. The ball is in the air during a try for goal by A1.

2. When does control for the purposes of establishing the alternating possession procedure occur?
a. When a player has control of the ball.
b. When the ball is put at the disposal of the free thrower after a technical foul.
c. When the ball is put at the disposal of the free thrower after a common foul.
d. When the ball is put at the disposal of the thrower-in.
e. When the ball is touched inbounds after a throw-in.
f. When the ball is controlled inbounds after a throw-in.

3. When does a substitute become a player?
a. When the substitute has reported to the scorer.
b. Upon legal entry, when the player enters the court.
c. Upon legal entry, when the ball becomes live.
d. Upon illegal entry, when the player enters the court.
e. Upon illegal entry, when the ball becomes live.
f. A substitute never becomes a player if the entry is illegal.

4. If team A has been assessed a technical foul, and there are substitutes who have properly reported to the table, when
shall the substitutes enter the game (assuming the substitution is not required to due to a substitution for the shooter,
disqualification, injury, or blood)?
a. Prior to team B’s first free throw.
b. Prior to team B’s second free throw.
c. Prior to the throw-in that follows team B’s second free throw.
d. During the first opportunity to substitute after the clock has properly started.

5. A1 is to shoot a free throw, and players B4 and B5 are correctly positioned in the two lane spaces nearest the basket
on either side of the lane that they are legally required to occupy. Which of the following statements are true regarding
which players may occupy the next available lane spaces on either side of the lane next to B4 and B5?
a. Team A players.
b. Team B players if no team A players desire these positions.
c. Those positions must remain unoccupied if no team A players desire to use those positions.

Questions and Answers to Last Month’s Quiz:
NCAA Basketball Play Situations

Play 1: Team A is in control of the ball when A2 and B2 commit a double personal foul which is followed by a direct technical foul assessed to the coach of Team B.
Ruling: A false double foul has occurred. The ball shall be put in play as if the penalty for the last foul of the false double foul, which in this case was the technical foul, were the only one administered. As a result, two free throws shall be awarded for the technical foul, the ball is awarded to the team in control at a designated spot nearest to where the double personal foul occurred and in accordance to Rule 2-11.6.b.2, the shot clock shall be reset. The technical foul assessed against the defense did not stop the shot clock. The double personal foul stopped the shot clock, therefore making the double personal foul the point of interruption. Consequently, Rule 4-53.1.d and Rule 4-53.2.a are applied and in accordance to Rule 2-11.7.f, the shot clock shall not be reset. Obviously, a conflict of rules logically exists and both answers were acceptable. The issue is whether the shot clock shall or shall not be reset. The official and only interpretation shall be as follows: When a double personal foul is followed by a technical foul assessed to the defense, which causes a false double foul to occur, the shot clock shall be reset.

Play 2. The ball is at the disposal of Team A for a throw-in along the sideline adjacent to the front court boundary line. A1 attempts to throw the in-bounds pass to A2, who is located in his front court near the division line. A1’s pass is deflected by B1. A2 leaves the playing court in his front court and while airborne, controls the ball, and then lands with one or both feet on the back court.
Ruling: Violation. When B1 deflected A1’s in-bounds pass, his touching caused the throw-in to end. Since the throw-in has ended, A2, after securing control of the deflected ball in his front court while airborne and landing with one or both feet in the back court, has committed a back court violation.

Play 3: The official goes to the monitor to determine whether a flagrant foul occurred. Upon review, he determines that there is no flagrant foul but did observe (1) a personal foul, (2) an intentional foul, or (3) an unsportsmanlike act. May these infractions be penalized?
Ruling: No. Only a foul that was deemed to be flagrant shall be penalized

Play 4:During a free throw attempt by A-1, B-2 and B-3 mistakenly position themselves in the “old” first marked lane spaces adjacent to the end line on each side of the lane. Likewise, A-2 and A-3 occupy the next marked lane spaces above the block on each side of the lane. How should this be handled?
Ruling: The official was permitted to correct the positioning of the players without penalty prior to placing the ball at the disposal of A-1. However, once the official has
placed the ball at the disposal of the free-thrower, a double violation has occurred. When the double violation is called in a one-and-one situation, the attempt shall be cancelled and play shall resume with the use of the alternating possession arrow. When the attempt is to be followed by another attempt(s) in a multiple free throw situation, that attempt when the violation occurred shall be cancelled, and play shall resume with the official administering the remaining merited free throw(s). When the violation is called on the final attempt in a multiple free throw situation, the attempt is cancelled and play shall resume with the use of the alternating possession arrow.

Play 5: A-1 is assessed a direct technical foul. B-6 and B-7 have legally reported to the official scorer. When may they legally enter the game?
Ruling: B-6 and B-7 are permitted to enter the game after the final free throw attempt for the technical foul or before play is resumed at the point of interruption.

Play 6: A-1 is assessed a direct technical foul. B-6 and B-7 have legally reported to the official scorer. A-1’s technical foul is his 5th disqualifying foul. When may B-6 and B-7 enter the game?
Ruling: A-1 is required to be replaced since he has been disqualified. By rule (3-4.13),
all substitutes who have legally reported to the official scorer before the player had to be replaced (examples B-6 and B-7), may enter the game.

Play 7: A-1 is assessed a direct technical foul. B-6 and B-7 have legally reported to the official scorer. The coach decides to substitute B-8 who is designated to attempt the free throws for A-1’s technical. When may B-6 and B-7 enter the game?
Ruling: By rule, the coach is permitted to designate B-8 as the eligible substitute to attempt the free throws for A-1’s technical foul. Since a player on the playing court was replaced by B-8, all substitutes who have legally reported to the official scorer before that replacement, (example B-6 and B-7) may enter the game.

NCJAA Rankings

Men (D-II)

Women’s (D-II)

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