I'd like to extend the rules conversation to a ref's authority to allow scoring before the game starts or scoring after the game ends. When does a ref's authority start pre-game, and end post-game?
On the women's board there is a discussion of last night's virginia vs syracuse game where a technical foul was called on a Syracuse player when the teams were walking off the court after the horn had sounded and the game was 'over'. A Virginia player not involved in the altercation went to the line and changed the final score.
Another example was cited in men's ball when dunking was illegal. The game was over, horn sounded, and a player on the winning team dunked in celebration. He was called for a technical, the game became tied, went to OT, and his team lost.
I do remember occasional games starting with technical foul shots for pre game violations by a team, (such as dunking in the layup line when it was illegal).
With betting lines and spreads, the game outcome doesn't need to change to be a big issue. This is a pandora's box that means a game isn't over even at the horn.
A home team could be called for a technical if kids rushed the court at a games' end, or, if it should be called because it happened, does the losing team have a legitimate claim that they should have been awarded foul shots for an obvious transgression, maybe pushing a ref after the horn or getting in his face.
Interested if anybody has seen this on any level, AAU, etc
