Shot Clock Malfunction & Backcourt Logic

This is a play that seems simple but there are multiple rules applications to apply. Every single possession all three referees must get the “Magic Number” on the game clock. South Dakota State gains possesion with 16:35 on the clock. We have a scrum that leads to a jump ball with the possesion arrow favoring South Dakota State. The crew gets together and determines that there was not a change of possession and that the timer incorrectly reset the shot clock. This is a timers malfunction and is a reviewable play, but since we got the magic number of 35, we don’t need to go to the monitor and we can just do the math and determine that there should be 23 second left on the shot clock. The next part of this play is that defensive player #11 touches the ball in the front court, which means front court status has been established. When South Dakota State inbounds the ball on the sideline they will have a new 10 seconds to get the ball across. On transition plays, going from lead to new trail we always need to stay behind the ball and have big picture mentality and see all 10 players. When we are going from center to center we need to focus on our middle third and not turn our head away from the players.