[Hoot Gibson]

It's real simple. The officials don't have jurisdiction of the game until they take the court.  Dunking is not supposed to happen at all during warmups. However, until the officials take to the court there is no one there to enforce the rule. No one can go tattle to the officials to get a technical called.  Once they take the court, they control what happens until they leave the court at the end of the game.  That means that they can still eject coaches and players after the final buzzer if something happens as they leave the floor.

Thanks for the clarification,  Walt.  Do they have jurisiction when they are walking TO the court? Let's say they are chatting with some parents coming out of the locker room or talking to an AD before going onto the floor?  Or do they have to be on the actual playing court to have jurisdiction to assess a technical?

I don't know the actual wording. But I would think that they would be considered taking control of the game once they enter the gym and can see what is happening.

That's exactly how it was explained to me Walt by 4 different officials that I had asked.  But I was trying to find the rule book to substantiate it.  I can't without paying for a download of the rule book.

It's ridiculous , imo, to have to pay $7 to look at the rule book.

The "everybody does it" defense, basketball edition. You can't suspend referees for enforcing the rules. Unless Corbin's opponents broke the rule on pre-game dunking and the referees failed to enforce the rule, then Corbin fans have no legitimate beef.