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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Between the Lines with BITB

« on: March 05, 2013, 10:47:09 PM »

Ptolemy: Not sure you understand the point of this thread.

Since when must threads have only one point?

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Re: Between the Lines with BITB

« on: March 05, 2013, 02:54:41 PM »

What whistle?   Clock starts on inbound when player touches the ball.  There isn't a whistle when the players first touch the ball.

Good point...to clarify:

The PRECISION TIME SYSTEM has three equally important components:

1. Base Station,which is designed to interface with all existing arena, stadium, coliseum and gymnasium time-keeping equipment.

2. Belt Packs, worn by on-court/on-field officials, to signal at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) the startings and stoppages of playing time.

3. Omni-Directional Microphone, worn by officials which are tuned to a specific whistle frequency, instantly stopping the game clock when the whistle is blown.

Time can be started by the floor officials by pressing a button on the Belt Pack or by the game timekeeper at the Base Station.  Time will be stopped by the official's whistle or manually by the game timekeeper at the table, at the discretion of the game official.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Between the Lines with BITB

« on: March 04, 2013, 11:51:39 PM »

ummm in college basketball the officials start the clock the last 2 minutes with that little box on their belt
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Ummmm...no.

Section 9. Start Game Clock
Art. 1. After time has been out, the game clock shall be started when the official signals time in. When the official neglects to signal, the official timer shall be authorized to start the game clock unless an official specifically signals that time shall continue to be out.

What you are likely referring to is Precision Timing Technology which is not a "box on their belt" but a microphone that senses the frequency content and level of an official's whistle and starts/stops the game clock using a microprocessor operating on a wireless spectrum.  The NCAA is still evaluating this technology and it is not widely used and NOT in the tournament. 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Between the Lines with BITB

« on: March 04, 2013, 03:15:00 PM »

Nobody is looking at this issue correctly.  Clock operators are directed by the officials to watch the official with his hand raised and they are not to start the clock until the official lowers his hand.  The clock operator is not allowed to judge when the ball is first touched. The operator will not move on the switch/button/etc. until the official's hand drops, and that process takes at least a tenth of a second.  Then you have a tenth of a second to actually start the clock, then the countdown commences.