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All officials wear a whistle that is used to stop play as a result of a foul or a violation on the court. Hand signals are used to indicate the nature of the infraction or to administer the game. In higher levels of college and professional basketball, officials wear a timing device on the belt-line called PTS (Precision Timing System).
The technology used for game clocks has become part of a basketball referee's on-court DNA, something few could see coming considering the system was initially scoffed at by some officials. The ...
Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith. On 15 January 1892, James Naismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball" that he invented: [1] The original game played under these rules was quite different from the one played today as there was no dribbling, dunking, three-pointers, or shot clock, and goal tending was legal.
Officials in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Basketball Association, Women's National Basketball Association, Serie A (Italy), and the Euroleague (Final Four series only, effective 2006) are required to use instant replay to assess whether a shot made at the end of a period was in fact released before the game clock expired.
Female basketball officials, from left, Jara McCoy, Brook Farris and Katelynn Hall were the first all-female referee crew to call an Oklahoma high school state tournament game.
Late Tuesday night, after the Gophers lost 61-59 to rival Wisconsin, junior Elijah Hawkins went on social media to make a point about the officiating. He posted video of what he considered a no ...
Che Flores (born July 18, 1979) is an American referee in the National Basketball Association who wears uniform number 91. [1] They are the first official to work National Collegiate Athletic Association, NBA G League, and Women's National Basketball Association championship games in the same year, and the first out non-binary transgender official in a major North American professional sports ...
Kyle Neddenriep followed a veteran officiating crew as they refereed three tournament games at three venues. Believe it not, refs are people, too. Basketball referees are human.