NCAA Casebook Flashcards

Question

A.R. 2–12. A1 touches the ball that was thrown in by A2. The ball strikes the playing court and bounces until A3 gains control by dribbling. The shot-clock operator started the shot clock when A1 touched the ball.

Answer 1

RULING: The operator was correct. When play is resumed by a throwin, the game clock and shot clock shall be started when the ball is legally touched by or touches a player on the playing court. (Rule 2-11.5)

Answer 2

RULING: Yes. The act of throwing the ball backward and onto the court demonstrates team control by Team B and the ball remains live; therefore, the shot clock is reset to 30 seconds. (Rules 2-11-6.b.1 and 4-9.1)

Answer 3

RULING: Team A shall be awarded possession for a throw-in and the shot clock shall be reset to 20 seconds. (Rule 2-11.6.d.4)

Answer 4

RULING 1 and 2: The play is legal and the action shall continue. 3: The official shall blow the whistle to stop play and the shot-clock operator shall stop but not reset the shot clock. On the ensuing throw-in by Team A, the game clock and shot clock shall start when the throw-in legally touches any player on the playing court. (Rule 2-11.6.a.1)

Answer 5

RULING: Charge the fouls to A1 and B1, but no free throws are awarded. In (1) and (2), any player from the offended team shall attempt the two free throws for the technical foul. Play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, with the ball awarded to Team A, the team in control, at a designated spot using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. 1: Since the technical foul was assessed to the coach of Team A, the team in control, the shot clock shall not be reset. 2: Since the technical foul was assessed to the coach of Team B, the shot clock shall be reset to 20 seconds or the time remaining, whichever is greater. (Rules 2-11.6.a.7 and, 2-11.6.c.1 and 10-1 Penalty f )

Answer 6

RULING: The ball is awarded to Team B for a throw-in at the spot where the ball went out of bounds. Team B gets a 20 second reset. (Rule 2-11.6.9.d)

Answer 7

RULING: The field goal by Team A shall count. This error is correctable because it happened within the prescribed time limit of Rule 2-12. A1 shall be awarded all merited free throw(s) and play shall be resumed with a throw-in by Team B, which is entitled to run the end line. (Rules 2-12.1.a, 2-12.5, 2-12.2 and 2-10.13.a)

Answer 8

RULING: The goal by B4 shall count. A1 shall be permitted to attempt the second free throw with no players lined up along the free-throw lane. The ball shall then be awarded to Team A out of bounds at the end line nearer Team B’s basket and the thrower-in shall be permitted to run the end line. This was the point where the game was stopped to correct the error. (Rules 2-12-1.a and 2-12.2)

Answer 9

RULING: Even though this mistake is not included in the correctable error rule (2-12.1) or is not a bookkeeping mistake by the scorer (2-9.16), the officials may make the correction during the first dead ball after the game clock has been properly started (2-12.2). Officials may also use the monitor to determine the correct player to be charged within the same time frame (11-2.1.d.2.a). This type of mistake should rarely, if ever, occur. If there is uncertainty as to the player to be charged, officials have the authority to use instant replay to make the proper determination of the player to be charged with a foul. (Rules 2-12.1, 2-12.2 and 11-2.1.d.2.a)

Answer 10

RULING: Each of the four situations is a correctable error. 1, 2 and 3: Team A shall be awarded the ball at a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred. The free throw(s) and activity during it, other than any technical foul or a flagrant 1 or 2 personal foul, shall be canceled. Any points scored, time consumed and additional activity that may occur before the recognition of the error, shall not be nullified. 4: Team A shall be awarded the ball out of bounds at Team B’s end line, which was the point of interruption to correct the error. The free throw(s) and activity during it, other than any technical foul or a flagrant 1 or 2 personal foul, shall be canceled. Any points scored, time consumed and additional activity that may occur before the recognition of the error, shall not be nullified. (Rules 2-12-1.b, 2-12.5 and 2-12.2)

Answer 11

RULING 1: A1 was entitled to the second free throw because the first free throw was successful. Both free throws shall count, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, which is where play was stopped to correct the error. 2: A1’s first free throw, to which he was entitled as the first part of a one-and-one, was unsuccessful and the player should not have been awarded a second free throw. The successful second free throw shall be nullified, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, which is where play was stopped to correct the error. 3: A1’s unmerited second free throw was unsuccessful, so it shall be ignored, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, which is where play was stopped to correct the error. (Rules 2-12.1.b, 2-12.5 and 2-12.2)

Answer 12

RULING: The free throw by A2 shall be canceled, and A1 shall properly attempt the free throw. The common foul by B3 in (1) shall be canceled. The flagrant 1 personal foul in (2) cannot be canceled. The error shall be corrected when A1 is given the free throw to which A1 was entitled as a result of the original foul. In (2), the game shall continue with the administration of the two free throws to A3 resulting from the flagrant 1 personal foul by B3. Team A shall be awarded the ball at the designated spot nearest to where the foul by B3 occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 2-12-1.c, 2-12.5 and 7-3.2)

Answer 13

RULING: In (1) and (2), the official made a judgment that basket interference occurred. However, after the judgment was made, the official erred, in (1) by erroneously counting the score and in (2) by failing to count the goal. The official’s error in (1) and (2) shall be correctable because the error was recognized within the proper time limit. (Rules 2-12.1.e and 2-12.3)

Answer 14

RULING: Officials are permitted to use information from table officials to make corrections. Since it is within the correctable-error time frame, the error can be corrected. When it is determined, in the official’s judgment, that the try was released after the shot-clock horn sounded, the goal shall be canceled. Since the clock was running in this case, the official has until the second live ball after the error to make the correction. The error shall be correctable until the ball is put in play after the traveling call. (Rules 2-12.1.e, 2-12.3 and 2-7.6)

Answer 15

RULING: A1 shall be awarded the one-and-one and play shall be resumed as after any normal free throw. Points scored, time consumed and additional activity that may occur before the recognition of the error shall not be nullified. (Rules 2-12.5 and 2.12.1.a)

Answer 16

RULING: Co-captains may participate in the pregame conference, but only one co-captain of each team may confer with the officials during the game. During the pregame conference, the referee shall be informed which co-captain of each team shall be the speaking co-captain during the game. (Rule 3-2.1)

Answer 17

RULING: Team A shall be assessed two administrative technical fouls. One administrative technical foul is for failing to supply the scorer with the names, numbers and designated starters BEFORE the 10-minute mark is reached on the game clock that is counting down the time before the start of the game. The second administrative technical foul is for changes made to the scorebook AFTER the 10-minute mark is reached on the game clock before the start of the game. Two free throws shall be awarded to Team B, and the game shall start with a jump ball. These administrative technical fouls do not count toward the team foul count. (Rules 3-4.1, 3-4.2 and 10-2.2 Penalty)

Answer 18

RULING: An administrative technical foul shall be charged to Team A. A player shall wear the uniform number indicated in the scorebook or the scorebook number shall be changed to that which he is wearing. When the team member, before participating, changes the uniform number he wears to that indicated in the scorebook, there shall be no penalty. When the number in the scorebook for a player(s) must be changed for reasons other than those permitted by rule, oneadministrative technical foul shall be assessed regardless of how many changes are made. These administrative technical fouls do not count toward the team foul count. (Rules 3-4.2 and 10-2.2.b Penalty)

Answer 19

RULING: A1 may be replaced without an administrative technical foul being assessed. Illness or injury is considered to be an extenuating and unavoidable circumstance that permits a substitution without penalty. A1 shall be permitted to enter the game later if able. (Rule 3-4.2)

Answer 20

RULING: A1 became a legal player when the ball became live. Because discovery of the illegal substitution came after the ball became live, the infraction by A1 shall be ignored. (Rule 3-6.1.d)

Answer 21

RULING: A8’s and A9’s substitutions are legal when they have reported to the official scorer before the warning signal. (Rule 3-6.1.g)

Answer 22

RULING: A6 cannot enter the game because he did not report before the warning signal and there has been no live ball. (Rules 3-6.1.g and 3-6.2.b)

Answer 23

RULING: The officials shall stop play and present the head coach with the following three options: (a) Keep the player in the game when the issue can be resolved in 20 seconds; (b) Substitute the player immediately or substitute when the issue cannot be resolved in 20 seconds; (c) Call a timeout immediately or call a timeout when the issue cannot be resolved in 20 seconds so that the bleeding player can remain in the game. 1: After any of these options, play shall be resumed with a throw-in by Team B anywhere along the end line. No substitutes shall be permitted in (a) and (b) since play was stopped after a successful field goal and before the clock was properly started. However, when the coach chooses not to take a timeout and instead, replaces the bleeding player, the opponent is permitted to counter with a substitution. In this case, the substitute for the bleeding player and the counter substitute are the only substitutes permitted since play was stopped for blood after a successful field goal in the last 59.9 seconds of the game and before the clock was properly started. In (c), substitutes are permitted since a timeout was called. Exception: If a media timeout is taken, the team shall not be charged a timeout. 2: After any of these options, play shall be resumed with a throw-in by Team B at a designated spot nearest to where play was stopped for the blood issue and substitutes shall be permitted as they would be in any other dead-ball period since the game clock was properly started on the throw-in. Exception: If a media timeout is taken, the team shall not be charged a timeout. (Rules 3-6.1.h, 3-6.3.a and 3-6.3.e)

Answer 24

RULING: A6 shall not be permitted to enter. While the game clock is stopped after successful field goals in the last 59.9 seconds of play, only those substitutions permitted by rule are allowed. A team may request a timeout and then make substitutions anytime the ball is dead and the game clock is stopped. (Rule 3-6.1.h)

Answer 25

RULING 1: The request by either team for a timeout shall be recognized and granted since the request was made during a dead ball. Substitutions are permitted during this timeout period. However, when a timeout is not requested, there shall be no substitution during the dead-ball period created by the timer’s mistake. 2: The inadvertent whistle shall be ignored. When Team A requests a timeout during this dead ball, the timeout shall be recognized and granted since the request occurred during the dead ball created by the inadvertent whistle. Substitutions are permitted during this timeout period. However, when a timeout is not requested, there shall be no substitution during the dead-ball period created by the inadvertent whistle. 3: Team B’s request for a timeout shall be recognized and granted because a player of that team is in control of the ball. Substitutions are permitted during this timeout. (Rule 3-6.1.h)

Answer 26

RULING 1: The officials shall correct the timing mistake by placing the correct time on the game and shot clocks, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. Substitutes shall not be permitted during this dead-ball period, since the timing mistake occurred with 59.9 seconds or less remaining on the game clock. Since the play was stopped to correct a timing mistake that occurred after a made field goal when there was less than 59.9 seconds remaining in the game and before the game clock was properly started, substitutes shall not be permitted. 2: Since play was stopped for the held ball and not to correct a timing mistake or for an inadvertent whistle, all substitution rules apply. Play shall be resumed with an alternating possession throw-in to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the held ball occurred with no reset of the shot clock. (Rule 3-6.1.h)

Answer 27

RULING: Yes. A6 is permitted to replace designated starter A5 to shoot the free throws for the technical foul. When the ball is placed at the disposal of A6 for the free throw, the game has begun and thereafter, all substitution rules apply. Any team member is eligible to become a substitute with the exception of A5, who shall not be permitted to re-enter until the game clock has been properly started after the replacement. (Rules 3-6.1.j, 3-6.1.k, 5-7.1, 7-4.7 and Rule 10-3 through 4 Penalty)

Answer 28

RULING: Illegal. B1 may not re-enter before the next opportunity to substitute after the game clock has properly started after he was replaced. (Rule 3-6.1.j)

Answer 29

RULING: A5 may re-enter to attempt the free throw(s) even though the game clock has not been started since A5 left the game. (Rule 3-6.1.j Exception 1)

Answer 30

RULING: A1 may re-enter the game at the next opportunity to substitute and before the game clock has been properly started. (Rule 3-6.1.j Exception 2)

Answer 31

RULING: A6 shall be allowed to enter before the last attempt of the multiple personal foul free throw. (Rule 3-6.2.b)

Answer 32

RULING: B1 is permitted to enter the game after the electronic-media timeout ends and before A1 attempts the first try of the multiple freethrow sequence. (Rule 3-6.2.b.1)

Answer 33

RULING 1: Since multiple free throws shall be awarded, B6 and B7 are permitted to enter the game only before the final attempt or after the final try is successful. (Rule 3-6.2.b) 2: B6 and B7 are permitted to enter the game before the first attempt or after the final attempt for the technical foul and before play is resumed at the point of interruption. (Rule 3-6.2.c) 3: Since B6 and B7 had legally reported to the official scorer before A1 had to be replaced, they may enter the game after A1’s replacement enters the game. (Rules 3-6.2.c and 3-6.3.c and 4-12.1 and .5)

Answer 34

RULING: The required substitute shall be permitted to enter the game before the first try of the multiple free throws. In addition, all substitutes who had legally reported to the official scorer before the player who had to be replaced may enter the game. A bleeding player, a player with blood on the body, or a player wearing a uniform saturated with blood has 20 seconds to resolve the issue. If the issue cannot be resolved in 20 seconds, that player is required to be replaced unless that player’s coach requests and is granted a timeout. When a substitute is required, all substitutes who had legally reported to the official scorer before the player who had to be replaced may enter the game. (Rules 3-6.3.a and .c)

Answer 35

RULING 1: A1 may remain in the game without penalty. 2: A1 shall be given 20 seconds to resolve the situation. When A1 has not resolved the situation, A1 shall be replaced or a timeout may be called by A1’s team. At the end of the timeout, the affected player must be ready to play when the final horn sounds ending the timeout. If the player is not ready to play, the coach must immediately replace the player with a substitute. In this case, the opposing team is permitted to counter with a substitute. The affected player may not re-enter the game until the next legal opportunity to substitute after the clock has started. (Rules 3-6.3.b, 3-6.3.a, 3-6.1.j and 5-11.8)

Answer 36

RULING: When a timeout is requested and granted to either team, one or both players are permitted to remain in the game after the expiration of the timeout. No bleeding can be in evidence. A uniform that is saturated with blood must be replaced. (Rules 3-6.3.b, and .e and 5-11.8)

Answer 37

RULING 1 and 2: The required substitute shall be permitted to enter the game before the first try of the multiple free throws. In addition, all substitutes who had legally reported to the official scorer before the player who had to be replaced, may enter the game. (Rule 3-6.3.c)

Answer 38

RULING: When a player is disqualified for the fifth foul committed, the officials will first get a substitute for the disqualified player, and then all substitutes who had legally reported before the player who had to be replaced may enter the game when the substitute for the disqualified player is beckoned onto the court. In (1) and (2), the substitutes who legally reported to the table before A6, the substitute for the disqualified player, may enter after A6 enters the game. In (3), once A6 is beckoned onto the floor, no other substitutions are permitted until the next opportunity for substitutions. (Rule 3-6.3.c)

Answer 39

RULING: Any member of Team B may attempt the free throws for the technical foul assessed to A1. Play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. The substitute for disqualified player A1 shall attempt the free throws awarded when A1 was fouled. A1 was unable to attempt free throws because of being a disqualified player and, by rule, had to be replaced. A1’s injury should not be considered in adjudicating the play. (Rules 3-6.3.c, 8-3.2, 8-3.4, 8-6.1 and 4-28.1.e)

Answer 40

RULING: A1 shall be prohibited from staying on the playing court. Team B’s timeout does not make A1 eligible to return to play. Team A must request and be granted a charged timeout in order for A1 to remain in the game. (Rules 3-6.3.d and 5-14.12.a)

Answer 41

RULING: The intent of Rule 3-6.3.f is to eliminate the situation whereby a poor free-throw shooter faked an injury in order that the player could be replaced by a higher percentage shooter. Obviously, a bleeding player is not faking an injury. Consequently, Rule 3-6.3.f is not applicable. The bleeding player shall be instructed by the official to leave the game for attention by medical personnel. The player’s coach may exercise the option of substituting for the bleeding player or calling a timeout. (Rules 3-6.3.f, 8-3.2 and 8-3.3)

Answer 42

RULING: The referee shall instruct the official scorer to note which four players from Team A were on the playing court before the timeout was granted. At the end of the timeout when it is determined that A1 is unable to attempt free throw(s), the coach from Team B shall select one of the four remaining players to attempt the free throw(s). That selection, once made, is final and unalterable. An immediate substitution for the injured player shall be required after the final horn that indicates the expiration of the timeout. The opponent shall then be permitted to counter with a substitution. Any other substitution(s) must have reported to, or be in position to report to, the official scorer before the warning horn. However, the entry by a Team A player onto the playing court shall not be permitted until the coach from Team B has selected who shall attempt the free throw(s) for the injured player. (Rules 3-6.3.f, 8-3.3 and 3-6.1.g)

Answer 43

RULING: The referee was correct in allowing A7 to attempt the four free throws. When a player is injured as a result of either a flagrant 1 or flagrant 2 personal foul and is unable to attempt free throws, the coach of the injured player is permitted to select any player or team member to attempt the free throws. In addition, when a technical foul is assessed, any player or team member is allowed to attempt the two free throws. After the four free throws are attempted, the ball is awarded to Team A, the offended team, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, which is the designated spot nearest to where the flagrant 2 personal foul was committed using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. When the coach from Team A selects two different individuals to attempt the free throws, since a false multiple foul has been committed, the penalty for the Class A technical foul shall be administered, followed by the penalty for the flagrant 2 personal foul. The ball is awarded to Team A, the offended team, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, which is the designated spot nearest to where the flagrant 2 personal foul was committed using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 3-6.3.f, 8-3.3, 8-3.4, 8-6.1, 4-15.6, 4-28.1 and 10-1 Penalty g)

Answer 44

RULING: A1 shall be an airborne shooter when the ball is released until he returns to the floor. An airborne shooter is in the act of shooting. B1 has fouled A1 in the act of shooting. A1 shall be awarded one free throw in (1), and two in (2). (Rules 4-1 and 10-1 Penalty .b and .d)

Answer 45

RULING: This is a charging foul on A1 because B1 is not located in the Restricted Area. (Rules 4-7, 4-15.2.a.1, 4-31)

Answer 46

RULING: The referee should ask the timer to start the digital device used to time timeouts. When Team A is not ready to play at the expiration of one minute, Team A shall be assessed an administrative technical foul for delay of game. Team B shall be awarded one free throw and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. When Team A is entitled to the alternating-possession arrow, it shall not lose control of the arrow until the throw-in ends. (Rules 4-10.1.b, 6-3.6 and 10-2.5.a)

Answer 47

RULING: As soon as the scorers discover the mistake, they should sound the game-clock horn as soon as the ball is in control of the offending team or is dead. The disqualified player shall be removed immediately. Any points that may have been scored while such a player was illegally in the game shall count. (Rule 4-12.1, 2-9.4 and 2-9.14 )

Answer 48

RULING: Play shall be resumed with the second free throw by A1. There is no additional penalty assessed for the official scorer’s and timer’s mistake in failing to notify the officials of B1’s fifth foul. (Rules 4-12.3, 2-9.14 and 2-9.4)

Answer 49

RULING 1: Any Team B player or team member shall attempt the free throws for the technical foul assessed to A5. Play is resumed at the point of interruption and the substitute for A5 would then attempt the free throws awarded when A5 was fouled in the act of shooting. 2: Since A5 and A5’s coach were not notified of the disqualification until after A5’s free throws, the result of A5’s free throws shall stand. (Rules 4-12.4, 8-3.2, 2-9.4 and 4-28.1.e)

Answer 50

RULING: Legal. The deflection of the ball by B1 shall not be considered part of the dribble. B1 does not have control of the ball until securing it after deflecting it. (Rule 4-13.1)

Answer 51

RULING: In order for a pass to occur, the thrown ball must be touched by another player. This did not occur in (1) or (2). 1: A1’s attempted pass was the start of a dribble. When A1 recovered the ball and started another dribble, this would be a violation. (Had A1, after releasing the pass, which was the start of the dribble, not recovered the ball but rather continued to dribble, it would not have been a violation.) 2: A1 had previously ended a dribble before attempting a pass to A2. A1’s release of the ball on the attempted pass to A2 was the start of a second dribble. A1 committed a violation after touching the ball. (Rules 4-13.2 and 9-7.1.c)

Answer 52

RULING 1: Violation, because the ball is touched twice during a dribble, before the ball touches the playing court. 2: It is illegal to continue to dribble, but A1 may recover the ball. (Rules 4-13.3, 4-16.2 and 9-7.1.c)

Answer 53

RULING: It is a violation when the ball has come to rest on the hand while the palm and the fingers are facing upward and a player then continues to dribble, because the dribble has ended when the ball came to rest on the palm when it faced upward. (Rule 4-13.4.a)

Answer 54

RULING: No. The player is not in control under these conditions and therefore is not dribbling. (Rules 4-13 and 4-9.1)

Answer 55

RULING: A1 has committed a violation in both (1) and (2). Throwing the ball against an opponent’s backboard or an official constitutes another dribble, provided that A1 is first to touch the ball after it strikes the official or the backboard. (Rules 4-13.4.a and 9-7.1)

Answer 56

RULING: It is a violation in both (1) and (2). A1 is permitted to recover the ball, but after recovering the ball, he is not allowed to start another dribble. However, if a fumble is touched by another player and then recovered by A1, while airborne or after a return to the floor, A1 is allowed to start another dribble. If A1 had not previously dribbled the ball, and while airborne fumbled and recovered the ball (while airborne or after a return to the floor), he is permitted to start a dribble. (Rules 4-13.4.a, 4-16.2 and 9-7.1.c)

Answer 57

RULING: The foul on A1 in both (1) and (2) is not a player-control foul since A1 was not holding or dribbling the ball and was not an airborne shooter in either situation. However, in both cases, A1 has committed a team-control foul. This is not a loose-ball foul. When the official is in doubt as to whether the foul occurred before or after the ball was released on the pass, the foul should not be ruled a player-control foul but shall be ruled a team-control foul. (Rules 4-9.2.a and 4-15.2.a.1 and .2 and 4-24)

Answer 58

RULING: Charge the fouls to A3 and B3. 1: The ball shall be awarded to Team A, the team in control, at a designated spot nearest to where the ball was last in contact with a player or the playing court using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2 with no reset of the shot clock. 2: When the try is successful, Team B, the team not credited with the score, shall be awarded the ball anywhere along the end line. When the try is unsuccessful and since there is no team control, play shall be resumed by using the alternating-possession procedure. The throw-in shall be awarded at a designated spot nearest to where the ball became dead, as a result of the unsuccessful try using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2, with a reset of the shot clock to 20 seconds or the time remaining, whichever is greater if Team A retains possession. (Rules 4-9.2.b, 4-9.4.c, 4-28.1.d and 7-4.9 and .11)

Answer 59

RULING 1: Team-control foul on A1. This is also a loose ball foul. 2: Three-second violation on A2. 3: A timeout shall not be acknowledged during an interrupted dribble. (Rules 4-9.2.d, 4-13.6.b, 9-9.2, 4-13.5 and 4-24)

Answer 60

RULING: A2’s foul is a team-control foul since it occurred during the throw-in. The foul shall be charged to A2 and the ball shall be awarded to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 4-15.2.a.2 and 7-3.1.f )

Answer 61

RULING: In (1) and (2), A1 has committed a loose ball foul. The foul shall be charged to A1, and the ball shall be awarded to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where A1’s foul was committed using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2 unless Team B is in the bonus in which case the offended player shall shoot free throw(s). (Rules 4-15.2.a.3, 4-9.2.a and .b, 7-3.1.f, 4-24 and 10-1 Penalty c.)

Answer 62

RULING: A flagrant 1 personal foul shall be charged to B2. (Rule 4-15.2.c.1 and 10-1 Penalty d[2])

Answer 63

RULING: The foul by A2, which created a false double foul, is a team-control foul and causes the ball to become dead immediately. Consequently, A3’s violation shall be ignored. A1 shall attempt the free throw(s) with no players on the lane and when the last try is successful, Team B shall have the privilege to run the endline. When the last try is unsuccessful, play shall be resumed by awarding Team B the ball for a throw-in at a designated spot closest to where the team-control foul occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 4-15.4, 7-3.2 and 8-8.1)

Answer 64

RULING: The technical foul creates a false double foul. Team B shall be awarded two free throws because of the technical foul on Coach A. After Team B shoots the free throws for the technical fouls, A1 shall attempt the one-and-one since that was the point of interruption. (Rules 4-15.4 and 8-8.2)

Answer 65

RULING: B2 has switched to guard a player who does not have the ball. Therefore, B2 must give A1 enough time and distance (not more than two strides) to avoid contact to be in a legal guarding position. When A1 has control of the ball (provided that A1 is not in the air at the time), time and distance shall be irrelevant. (Rules 4-17.4 and 4-17.5)

Answer 66

RULING: Foul on B1, who is not in a legal guarding position. (Rule 4-17.4.a)

Answer 67

RULING: Yes. B2 has established initial legal guarding position by placing two feet on the floor and facing the side of A1. B2 then uses legal wall-up tactics to defend A1. (Rules 4-17.4.b and 10-1.14.c)

Answer 68

RULING: B2 must establish legal guarding position prior to any portion of A1's last foot (e.g. heel or toe) hitting the floor prior to becoming an airborne shooter. (Rule 4-17.4.d)

Answer 69

RULING: In both (1) and (2), the foul shall be on A1. In (1), B1 is entitled to that spot on the floor provided he gets there legally before the offensive player becomes airborne. However, in (2), when A1 possesses the ball then lands on the floor, no time and distance is required. (Rules 4-17.4.c and .d, 4-17.3 and 4-17.7)

Answer 70

RULING: In both (1) and (2), A1 shall be held responsible for contact. B1 took a position in the path of A1 that provided A1 enough time and distance to avoid contact. While without the ball, A1 was provided the required time and distance to avoid contact with B1. However, when A1 received the ball, no time and distance were required by the defender. (Rules 4-17.5.b, 4-17.4.c and 4-17.7)

Answer 71

RULING: A defensive player who is back-pedaling while defending an opponent is considered to have two feet on the floor. If B1 is also facing the opponent, B1 has established initial legal guarding position and is entitled to move to maintain legal guarding position. (Rule 4-17.4.a)

Answer 72

RULING 1: Even though B1 established legal guarding position on the floor, B1’s jump forward and toward A1 is not a legal attempt to maintain legal guarding position so that any non-incidental contact with A1 is a personal foul on B1. However, if B1’s jump forward is in a direction that clearly would not have made contact with the shooter, and the shooter moves sideways to cause the contact, B1 has not committed a personal foul. (Rule 4-17.6.e) 2: B1 has again established initial legal guarding position and B1’s jump into the air is a legal attempt to maintain legal guarding position as long as the jump is within B1’s own vertical plane. Any subsequent contact by A1 jumping forward and into B1 is either a personal foul on A1 or incidental contact. (Rule 4-17.6.e)

Answer 73

RULING: Unless the contact is incidental, the foul is on A1. B1 has established initial legal guarding position and is legally moving to maintain that position when A1 causes the contact. This is a foul on A1 even though B1 is moving, has only one or no feet on the floor, or is no longer facing that opponent. (Rules 4-17.6 and 4-17.4)

Answer 74

RULING 1: Since A1 did not release the ball and was in control of the ball when the inadvertent whistle was blown, Team A shall be awarded the ball at a designated spot nearest to where the dead ball occurred with no reset of the shot clock. 2: The inadvertent whistle occurred when there was no team control. When the try was unsuccessful, the ball is awarded to the team entitled to the alternating-possession arrow using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. If the offensive team is entitled to the ball, the shot clock shall be reset to 20 seconds. If the defensive team is entitled to the ball, the shot clock shall be reset to 30 seconds. When the try for goal was successful, the inadvertent whistle shall be ignored and the team not credited with the score shall be awarded the ball at the end line with that team being entitled to run the end line and the shot clock shall be reset to 30 seconds. (Rules 4-20, 4-28.1.a, 2-11.6.a.6, 2-11.6.b.8, 2-11.6.c.3, 7-3.2 and 7-5.1.a and .c)

Answer 75

RULING 1: Count the goal. Ignore the inadvertent whistle, which was blown when there was no team control, and the sounding of the shotclock horn. The team not credited with the score shall be allowed to run the end line. (Rules 4-20, 7-4.17 and 7-4.6) 2: Violation. Ignore the inadvertent whistle and resume play by awarding the ball to Team B at the spot nearest to where the shotclock violation occurred. The violation takes precedence over the inadvertent whistle. (Rules 4-20, 9-11.4 and 7-4.1) 3: Play shall be resumed by the alternating-possession procedure and the shot clock shall be reset to either 30 seconds or 20 seconds, depending on which team is entitled to the alternating possession arrow. (Rules 4-20, 4-28.1.a, 7-4.17, 6-4.1.g, 2-11.6.b.8 and 2-11.6.d.4)

Answer 76

RULING: Touching the official shall be the same as touching the floor where the official is standing. 1: The ball shall be awarded to Team B for a throw-in at a designated spot nearest to where the out-of-bounds violation occurred. 2: Since A1 was the last player to touch the ball before it returned to the backcourt, A1 caused it to go there. Back-court violation. Award a throw-in to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 4-23.3, 9-2, 7-3.2 and 7-3.1.a)

Answer 77

RULING: This is a loose ball foul and B1 should shoot free throw(s) if Team B is in the bonus. (Rules 4-24 and 10-1 Penalty c)

Answer 78

RULING: The official should assess the Team A coach a Class B technical foul and resume play at the point of interruption. (Rule 4-10.2, 4-32.2 and 4-28.1.e)

Answer 79

RULING: The official shall assess the Team A coach a Class B technical foul and issue Team B an official warning for not being ready to resume play immediately following the end of a timeout. (Rules 4-10.2, 4-32.2, 4-28.1.e and 10-4.2.g)

Answer 80

RULING: A1’s contact with B2 is a violation of the screening rules. The officials should assess a team-control foul on A1. (Rules 4-35.1 and .4, and 10-1.17)

Answer 81

RULING: The officials should assess a foul only to B2 for attempting to force through a screen and making contact with a screener who is within the visual field of the opponent. Although A1 had set a screen that was too wide by rule, this infraction had no effect on the defender who drove through the torso of the screener. (Rule 4-35.6)

Answer 82

RULING – By A2 and A3 locking arms both defenders are not in legal screening position. Since both players are locking arms, neither one of the players can be within the vertical plane of their stance. (Rule 4-35.2.a)

Answer 83

RULING 1: Since A1 did not have control of the ball when the contact with B2 occurred, the secondary defender/restricted area rules do not apply. It is a charging/team-control foul when B2 has given A1 enough time and distance for A1 to avoid contact and has established this position before A1 went airborne. It is a blocking foul when B2 fails to give sufficient time and distance for A1 to avoid contact or fails to establish this position before A1 goes airborne. (Rules 4-36.1, 4-17.5, 4-9.2.b and 10-1.14) 2: Since A1 had control of the ball when the contact occurred, the restricted area rules apply and a blocking foul should be assessed to B2. (Rule 10-1.14)

Answer 84

RULING: B1 was a secondary defender who illegally established initial guarding position within the restricted area. Consequently, the blocking call against B1 is the correct call. (Rules 4-36 and 10-1.14)

Answer 85

RULING: The official is correct. B2 is a secondary defender because A1 is deemed to have beaten B1 when he cut behind B1 on the perimeter of the zone defense. As a secondary defender, B2 may not establish an initial legal guarding position in the restricted area for the purpose of drawing a player-control/charging foul when defending a player who is in control of the ball or has released the ball on a pass or try. (Rules 4-36.1, 4-31 and 10-1.14)

Answer 86

RULING 1: B4 is a secondary defender and illegally established initial guarding position within the restricted area to stop A5’s try for goal. A blocking foul shall be assessed to B4. 2: When A5 stopped and the try for goal was discontinued, B4 was no longer a secondary defender. A player-control foul shall be assessed to A5. (Rules 4-36.2 and 10-1.14)

Answer 87

RULING: In (1), B4 is a secondary defender and may not establish initial legal guarding position inside the restricted area. When illegal contact occurs, a blocking foul should be assessed against B4. In (2), B4 is a secondary defender but established initial legal guarding position outside the restricted area. When illegal contact occurs, a player-control foul should be assessed to A5. (Rules 4-36.2, 4-31 and 10-1.14)

Answer 88

RULING 1: When A2 rebounds the ball and immediately makes a move to the basket, there is no secondary defender and the restricted area rule is not in effect, it is a player control/charging foul on A2. 2: When B2 has established and maintained a legal guarding position and illegal contact occurs, it is player-control/charging foul on A2. (Rules 4-36.3, 4-31 and 10-1.14)

Answer 89

RULING 1: The official is incorrect. In any outnumbering fast-break situation, all Team B players are initially secondary defenders. The Team B player may not establish initial legal guarding position inside the restricted area, and the illegal contact by B is a blocking foul. 2: The official is correct. Even though the Team B player is initially a secondary defender, he established initial guarding position outside the restricted area. When illegal contact occurs, it shall be a playercontrol/ charging foul. (Rules 4-36.4, 4-31 and 10-1.14)

Answer 90

RULING: A personal foul should be assessed to B1. Even though B1 is permitted to come as close as he wants to A1’s side short of contact, he is not permitted to straddle A1’s leg so that A1 is unable to make a normal basketball move including pivoting. If B1 causes contact while straddling the leg of A1, officials should assess a foul on B1. (Rule 4-39.1.k)

Answer 91

RULING 1: B1 has invaded A1’s cylinder and made non-incidental contact on A1. Foul on B1. RULING 2: Penalize the foul by B1. The elbow contact is considered incidental. RULING 3: Penalize both fouls. Double foul. (Rules 4-39.1.k, 4-21 and 4-15.2.b)

Answer 92

RULING: No goal. The ball became dead when the foul occurred. When a player shoots at the opponent’s basket, it is not a try. When Team A is in the bonus when the Team B player fouls A1, A1 shall be awarded a one-and-one. When Team A is not in the bonus, the ball shall be awarded to Team A at a designated spot. (Rules 5-1.1, 6-5.1.d, 10-1 Penalty c and a[1])

Answer 93

RULING 1: A three-point goal shall be counted. 2: When there is no possibility of the ball entering the basket from above and the deflection causes the goal to be successful, it shall be a two-point goal. However, when a ball is passed in the direction of the basket with the possibility of entering the basket from above and the deflection does not influence its success, a three-point goal shall be counted. 3: The ball shall remain live. In 1, 2 and 3 when a passed ball hits the rim or flange, does not enter the basket and is retained by the offense there will be a reset of the shot clock (20 seconds if retained in frontcourt, 30 if retained in backcourt). (Rules 5-1.1, 5-1.2.a, 5-1.3 and .4, 4-25 and 2-11.6.b.4 and 2-11.6.d.1)

Answer 94

RULING 1: When a ball thrown (passed) in the direction of the basket from behind the three-point line with the possibility of entering the basket from above is deflected by a defender, a three-point goal shall be counted. However, if there is no possibility of the ball entering the basket from above and the deflection caused the goal to be successful, a two-point goal shall be counted. 2: When a thrown (passed) ball is deflected by a teammate and the goal is successful, two points shall be awarded. When a passed ball hits the rim or flange, does not enter the basket and is retained by the offense there is a reset of the shot clock (20 seconds if retained in frontcourt, 30 if retained in backcourt). (Rules 5-1.1, 5-1.2.a and 5-1.3 and .4)

Answer 95

RULING: The play shall be legal since the backboard is located in A1’s frontcourt, which A1 is entitled to use. (Rules 5-1.1 and .6, and 9-12.1)

Answer 96

RULING: Two points shall be counted for Team A when not complicated by the expiration of time in a period or by a foul occurring while the ball is in flight. The try for field goal by A1 ends when the ball touches the playing court, but it is customary to credit the two points to A1. A field goal can sometimes be scored when it is not the result of a try. When the ball is in flight as a result of contacting the playing court without touching any player and time expires or a foul occurs, no points shall be scored. Neither the expiration of time nor a foul shall cause the ball to become dead immediately during a try for a field goal. During a pass, the ball shall become dead as a result of the foul or expiration of time. (Rules 5-1.2 and 6-6.1)

Answer 97

RULING: In both (1) and (2), the goal shall be legal. In both cases, two points shall be awarded to Team B. The ball shall be awarded to Team A out of bounds at the basket of Team B and Team A may put the ball in play from anywhere behind the endline as after any score by Team B (earned or awarded). (Rules 5-1.4.a and 7-4.6.a)

Answer 98

RULING: The penalty for a foul on a tap is the same as the penalty for a foul on a try. When the tap is successful, one free throw shall be awarded. When the tap is unsuccessful, two free throws shall be awarded. (Rules 5-1.8 and 10-1 Penalty b[1] and d[1])

Answer 99

RULING 1: Assess B2 with the foul committed against A2. A1’s try for goal shall count when successful. Administer the bonus free throw or award the ball to Team A at a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. 2: Assess A2 with the foul committed against B2. A1’s try for field goal shall not count when successful, since the ball became dead before A1’s release. Award the ball to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred. (Rules 5-1.10, 10-1 Penalty a[1] and c, 6-5.1.f and 7-3.2)

Answer 100

the game-ending horn sounds. RULING 1: Illegal. When the game clock displays three-tenths of a second (.3) or less and play is to be resumed by a throw-in or a freethrow, a player may not gain possession of the ball and try for goal. When this situation occurs, the official shall blow the whistle and the period is over unless a flagrant 1 or 2 personal foul was committed on the play. Whether the try for goal was successfully attempted before the expiration of time is inconsequential. 2: Legal. When the player does not possess (catch) the ball but taps it into the basket before the period-ending horn sounds, the official shall use replay equipment, videotape or television monitoring, when available and located at courtside, to ascertain whether the tap (try) that will determine the outcome of the game was released before a reading of zeroes on the game clock. (Rules 5-1.19 and 11-3.1)

Answer 101

RULING: The foul occurred before the act of shooting began. Therefore, the goal should not count. Charge B1 with a personal foul and shoot appropriate free throws if Team A is in the bonus. The language of 5-1.10, “The try starts when the player begins the motion that normally precedes the release of the ball,” refers to the hand(s) or arm(s) in preparing to release the ball on a try for goal. Examples of the act of shooting motion include raising the ball with the hand(s) and or arm(s) to shoot a layup or jump shot or the downward motion of the hand(s) or arm(s) in completing a dunk or alley-oop play. This act of shooting motion does not include picking up the dribble, catching (gathering) the ball, or advancing on the court with one or both feet. (Rules 5-1.10 and 4-8.1)

Answer 102

RULING: The act of shooting starts when the player begins the motion that normally precedes the release of the ball on a try for goal. If the official believes that the player is attempting a try (as opposed to a pass/ dribble) the upward/downward motion of the hand(s) while holding the ball is normally considered to be a motion that “normally precedes the release of the ball in a try for goal.” (Rules 5-1.10 and 4-8)

Answer 103

RULING: A personal foul shall be charged to B1 in both (1) and (2), but no free throw(s) shall be awarded to A1 in either case since A1 is not an airborne shooter and Team A is not in the bonus. In both (1) and (2), the ball shall be awarded to Team A at a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 5-1.14, 10-1 Penalty a[1] and 7-4.4)

Answer 104

RULING 1 and 2: The charging foul by A1 causes the ball to become dead and no points may be scored on A1’s try. B2’s basket interference is ignored. (Rule 5-1.15)

Answer 105

RULING: This is a loose ball foul by an airborne shooter. The goal shall be cancelled even though the foul may have occurred after the goal. (Rules 5-1.15 and 4-9.3)

Answer 106

RULING: The game shall be declared a “no contest.” It is permissible for the team to agree to play at a later date, but otherwise the game remains as a “no contest.” A forfeit shall not be declared. (Rule 5-3.7) Note: The conference or other tournament sponsoring entity may make all decisions related to a team’s qualification for the tournament or its seedings in the tournament.

Answer 107

RULING 1: In a game without a courtside monitor, when the official determines that the foul occurred before the sounding of the gameclock horn, and signals for the clock to stop and the timer fails to stop the clock, a timing mistake occurred and the official shall put time back on the clock to when the official has definitive knowledge as to the time on the clock when the foul was called. The goal shall count. In this case, A1 is awarded one free throw. However, when the official does not have definitive knowledge as to the time on the game clock when the foul was called and the timer does not stop the clock, this is not a timer’s mistake and time should not be placed back on the game clock. When the official determines that the foul occurred before the sounding of the game-clock horn, the basket shall not count and A1 is awarded two free throws. A1 shall shoot both free throws even if the first is successful. When both free throws are unsuccessful, the game continues with an extra period(s). On a foul that occurs near the expiration of time, officials must determine that the clock did not stop when the whistle sounded either because a timing mistake occurred or because it was so near the expiration of time that the timer is unable to stop the clock. In the first case, time is put back on the game clock and the game has not ended. In the second case, time is not placed back on the clock and the game has ended. When both free throws are unsuccessful, the game continues with an extra period(s). In a game with a courtside monitor, officials must determine if the illegal contact occurred prior to expiration of the period. If the illegal contact occurs before the expiration of time, then the game clock should have stopped and continuous motion would allow the goal to count and A1 will shoot one free throw. If the illegal contact occurred after the expiration of time, then the foul is ignored unless it is flagrant. 2: Since the try was released before the expiration of time and since the foul occurred after time expired but while the ball was in flight and A1 was an airborne shooter, A1 shall attempt two free throws even if the first is successful. When both free throws are unsuccessful, the game continues with an extra period(s). 3: When the foul occurs after the second half (or any period) has clearly ended, the foul shall be ignored unless the foul was a flagrant 2 or contact dead-ball technical. When the foul was a flagrant 2 or contact dead-ball technical, the offended team shall be awarded two free throws to begin the extra period and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, which would be the jump ball to start the extra period. However here, the extra period shall begin with the ball awarded to the offended team at the division line opposite the scorer’s table. (Rules 5-7.3.c, 5-7.6 and 6-6.2)

Answer 108

RULING: A3 shall be ejected. The foul by A3 was committed after the first period has ended so the second period shall begin with the free throws for this foul followed by a throw-in by Team B using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. This foul shall count toward the team foul count for the second period. The possession arrow is not reversed. (Rule 5-7.6)

Answer 109

Team B two free throws for the Class A technical foul that was assessed to A1. Play shall resume at the point of interruption, which would be a jump ball. 2: A1 shall be ejected and the extra period shall start by awarding a player from Team B two free throws for the flagrant 2 technical foul that was assessed to A1. Play shall resume with a throw-in for Team B using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. The alternating-possession arrow shall be set towards Team A’s basket when the ball is placed at the disposal of Team B for the throw-in. 3: The extra period shall start by awarding a player from Team B two free throws for the contact dead-ball technical foul that was assessed to A1. Play shall resume with a throw-in for Team B using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. The alternating-possession arrow shall be set towards Team A’s basket when the ball is placed at the disposal of Team B for the throw-in. These fouls shall count toward the team foul count, disqualification and ejection. (Rule 5-7.6)

Answer 110

RULING: When the technical fouls assessed against A1 and B1 occur during the same dead ball period, no free throws are awarded. Play shall resume at the point of interruption which, in this case, is the awarding of the ball to the team favored by the alternating-possession arrow to start the second period using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. These fouls shall count toward the team foul count in the second half, and toward an individual’s disqualification and ejection. (Rules 5-7.6 and 10-3 Penalty h)

Answer 111

RULING: Any Team B player shall shoot the two free throws with no players in the marked lane spaces. These free throws must be administered at this time as if the technical foul had been part of the preceding period because there is no way to determine whether there will be an extra period until the free throws for the technical are administered. (Rule 5-7.6.a)

Answer 112

RULING: Both counts begin when an inbounds player legally touches the ball inbounds. (Rules 5-10-3.a and 9-10)

Answer 113

RULING: No. After stopping play, the official should ask the player if the player desires a timeout. When the player does not, play shall be resumed immediately. When the player is not ready to resume play immediately, a substitution is required or the player’s team may request a timeout. Any timeout granted must be charged to a team. (Rules 5-11.2.b, 5-11.6 and 5-14.12.a)

Answer 114

RULING 1: A1’s violation caused a dead ball. The timer’s mistake shall be corrected during this first dead ball and before the ball is touched inbounds or out of bounds by a player other than the thrower-in. 2: The timer’s mistake may be corrected after A1’s successful try for goal and before the ball is touched inbounds or out of bounds by a player other than the thrower-in. When the mistake is not corrected during this first dead-ball period and since the game clock should have been running, the mistake must be corrected before the ball is touched inbounds or out of bounds by a player other than the thrower-in before the second live ball. (Rule 5-12.1 and 11-2.1.c.1.a)

Answer 115

RULING: The referee cannot correct this official timer’s mistake unless he knows relatively how much time had elapsed while the game clock was stopped. The referee shall conduct a re-enactment of the sequential occurrence of the play to determine that relative time. To assist the referee, information may be attained from the official timer, play-by-play, a digital stopwatch, other table officials or from the use of an official courtside monitor, when one is available. When the referee determines that there is time remaining, the referee shall put the determined time on the game clock. A2 shall be assessed with a personal foul and play shall be resumed at the point where the ball was located when play was stopped to correct the timer’s mistake. In this case, B1 shall be awarded the entitled free throw(s) for A2’s personal foul and play shall be resumed from that point with the corrected time on the game clock. A correction is only permitted when it falls within the prescribed time frame limit. When it is determined that there is no time left on the game clock, the first half is ended and the personal foul is not assessed unless it is a flagrant foul. (Rules 5-12.1, 2-7.6 and 2-10.6)

Answer 116

RULING 1: The timer’s mistake shall be corrected after the violation that created the first dead-ball period. It shall be corrected before the ball touches or is legally touched by an inbounds player or is touched by a player who is located on the playing court who causes the ball to be out of bounds. 2: The mistake may be corrected after the successful try by B1 and before the throw-in touches or is legally touched by an inbounds player or is touched by a player who is located on the playing court who causes the ball to be out of bounds. In both (1) and (2), to correct the timer’s mistake, the referee shall have definite information relative to the time involved. (Rule 5-12.1)

Answer 117

RULING: Since the timer has made a mistake, the official, with definite information relative to the time involved, shall place the correct time on the game clock. Play is resumed in (1) with a throw-in by Team A from the original throw-in spot; or in (2) with a throw-in to Team A at a spot nearest to where the ball was when the stoppage occurred. (Rules 5-12.1, 7-3.1.d and 7-4.3)

Answer 118

RULING: When an obvious timing mistake has occurred because of failure to start or stop the game clock properly, the mistake shall be corrected only when the referee has definite information relative to the time involved. The officials have definite information that the game clock did not start. When a monitor is available, the officials are permitted to go to the monitor to determine the correct time, if any time remains, to be placed on the game clock. When a monitor is not available, the officials shall confer with each other and/or check with the official timer to determine the correct time, if any time remains, to be placed on the game clock. By rule, the decision must be made relative to the time involved. The officials are not permitted to leave four seconds on the game clock and repeat the initial throw-in by A1. (Rule 5-12.1 and 11-2.1.c.1)

Answer 119

RULING: In all cases in this A.R., the official has definite information that the game clock showed five seconds when he blew the whistle. In (1), there has been no obvious timing mistake. However, in (2), (3) and (4), time has elapsed from the time that the whistle was blown and until the timing device was stopped. The official shall instruct the timer to put five seconds on the game clock. (Rule 5-12.2)

Answer 120

RULING: When the officials have definite information relative to the shot-clock operator’s mistake, it is permissible to rectify that mistake. In this case, since the officials have definite information relative to the time involved, they shall put five seconds back on the game clock, cancel the foul and award the ball to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the ball became dead for the shot-clock violation. (Rule 5-12.4)

Answer 121

RULING: Yes. The rule prohibiting a coach from calling a timeout when the ball is live is intended to eliminate the problems associated with granting timeouts during loose ball scrums on the floor when there is no player possession. When the ball is live but outside the boundary lines (such as during a throw-in), these problems do not exist. Therefore, the head coach may request and be granted a timeout when the ball is at the disposal of a player of the team entitled to the ball before the ball is released for a throw-in. (Rule 5-14.1.b and c)

Answer 122

RULING: Either team may request and be granted a timeout. (Rule 5-14.1.c)

Answer 123

RULING: The 8-minute media timeout shall be taken at the first dead ball which, in this case, is the foul assessed to A1 with 3:30 remaining in the game. The 4-minute media timeout shall be taken at the next dead ball which, in this case, is after the first free-throw attempt by A1. (Rule 5-14.10.c)

Answer 124

RULING: Illegal. The second timeout is a successive timeout and considered to have occurred immediately after the first timeout, since the period has ended. This successive timeout should not be granted by the official. (Rule 5-14.13.b)

Answer 125

RULING: Because the first timeout was granted and reported to the official scorer, the second timeout request would be a successive timeout and should not be granted by the official. (Rule 5-14.13.b)

Answer 126

RULING 1: When the error is correctable, no timeout shall be charged to Team A. 2: When the error is not correctable, a timeout shall be charged to Team A. When any portion of that timeout remains after the review of the request has been conducted, Team A shall be entitled to use that time. When the review requires the length of a timeout or longer, play shall resume immediately from the point at which it was interrupted. (Rule 5-14.15)

Answer 127

RULING: The officials shall determine whether the contact by B1 was incidental or illegal. When the contact was determined to be incidental, and it was A1’s own momentum that carried A1 into the backcourt, a timeout shall be granted. When the contact is determined to be illegal, a foul shall be called. (Rules 5-15.1.c, 4-20, 4-21, 4-28.1.a and 7-4.17)

Answer 128

RULING: Most jump-ball violations occur after the ball leaves the official’s hand. If the ball did not become live until touched, these would be acts during a dead ball and, therefore, be different from most other violations. (Rule 6-1.2.a)

Answer 129

RULING: The first legal possession is by B1 on the throw-in. When the official hands the ball to the player from Team B, the alternating possession arrow shall be set for Team A. (Rules 6-3.4 and 9-8.1.b)

Answer 130

RULING: Since possession has never been established, the official cannot use the alternating-possession arrow to award possession. An official shall conduct another jump ball. Any two opposing players shall jump. (Rule 6-3.5)

Answer 131

immediately when the throw-in pass was legally touched by A2. A3 committed a team-control foul and the ball shall be awarded to Team B at a designated spot. 2: A3 has committed a team-control foul and the ball shall be awarded to Team B at a designated spot. Team A retains the arrow since a throw-in did not touch or was not legally touched by an inbounds player and therefore did not end. (Rules 6-3.2, 7-3.1.f, 4-9.2.c and 7-4.5)

Answer 132

RULING: The official was correct. An alternating-possession throwin ends when the throw-in ends or when the throw-in team violates provisions of the throw-in. Breaking the boundary plane with the ball by extending the ball over the playing court is not a violation of the throw-in provisions, but the act does cause the ball to come into play. (Rules 6-3.2 and 7-6.5 through .7)

Answer 133

RULING: When Team A violates these throw-in provisions, it shall lose its turn for a throw-in under the alternating-possession procedure. The ball shall be awarded to Team B. Also, Team B shall make the throw-in on the next alternating possession. (Rules 6-3.7, 6-3.2 and 9-4)

Answer 134

RULING: The alternating-possession procedure shall not be affected by the calling of any fouls during an alternating-possession throw-in. The foul shall be charged and penalized. Team A shall receive possession for the throw-in when the next alternating-possession procedure occurs. Team A shall not lose its throw-in opportunity under the alternatingpossession procedure as a result of the foul. (Rule 6-3.8)

Answer 135

RULING: A held ball cannot be called because A1 does not have the hands on the ball. A1 is intentionally using the feet to play the ball. This is illegal and a kicking violation shall be called on A1. (Rules 6-4.2 and 9-6)

Answer 136

RULING 1: The official shall call a held ball. Anytime a defender touches and causes the ball to remain in the hands of the shooter and the shooter returns to the floor with the ball still in possession, it is a held ball. 2 and 3: The play is legal. A1 has gained a new possession in both instances. In (2), when the ball was knocked free by the defensive player, the offensive player has lost control and may recover the ball, without penalty. This begins a new possession. In (3), B1 touches the ball and causes the ball to lose contact with A1’s hand(s) so A1 may be the first to touch the ball. (Rules 6-4.2, 4-9.1 and .3 and .5)

Answer 137

RULING: Held ball. However, when A1 voluntarily drops the ball before returning to the playing court and then touches the ball before it is touched by another player, A1 has committed a travel violation since the pivot foot was lifted before the ball was released to start a dribble. (Rules 6-4.2 and 9-5.5.b)

Answer 138

RULING: A1’s breaking the boundary plane and extending the ball over the playing court does not violate throw-in provisions. B1 legally grabbed a live ball and caused a held ball. The ball shall be awarded to Team A for an alternating-possession procedure. (Rules 6-4.2 and 6-4.1.a)

Answer 139

RULING: This shall be ruled no goal; however, when the ball leaves the hands of A1 before the red light or LED lights are activated, or when the light(s) are not present, the game-clock horn sounds to signify the end of the period, the dunk shall be considered the same as a try in flight and the goal shall count. (Rules 6-5.1.e, 5-1.1, .6 and .11, and 6-6.1.b)

Answer 140

RULING: No. The activation of the signal caused the ball to become dead while in flight because the deflection (tap) was not a legal try since it occurred at the wrong basket. The goal shall not count. (Rules 6-5.1.e and 5-1.1)

Answer 141

RULING: In (1) or (2), the ball shall become dead when touched by anyone. In (1), disallow the goal for A2’s basket interference. In (2), however, when illegal touching is by B1, two points shall be awarded to A1 (three points shall be awarded to A1 when it is a three-point try). Whether the ball goes through the basket shall have no effect upon the ruling. (Rules 6-5.1.g, 9-15 Penalty a.2 and .3 and Penalty c)

Answer 142

RULING 1: Count the basket and assess the foul to the Team B player. (Rule 10-1 Penalty b and d) RULING 2: If the Team A foul occurred prior to the release of the try, the goal shall not count and the official shall assess the Team A player with a foul. If the foul by the Team A player occurs after the try has been released, the goal shall count if successful and the offending Team A player shall be assessed a foul. (Rule 6-5.1.f and 6-6.1) NOTE: In games in which Instant Replay is used to determine when the foul was committed, the time when the foul was committed is determined by when the illegal contact actually occurred, and the clock should be adjusted to the time of the illegal contact.

Answer 143

RULING: Legal. A1 has not left the playing court voluntarily and was not in control of the ball when leaving the playing court. The same is true when A1 makes a try from under the basket and momentum carries A1 off the playing court. It is legal when the try is unsuccessful and A1 comes onto the playing court and regains control of the ball. (Rules 7-1.1, 4-23.1.a and 9-3)

Answer 144

RULING: The ball is inbounds. (Rules 7-1.2 and 7-2.1)

Answer 145

RULING: The ball is inbounds. (Rule 7-1.2)

Answer 146

RULING: A1 is out of bounds because A1 touched an object that is out of bounds; hence, the ball shall be considered to be out of bounds. (Rules 7-2.1 and 7-1.1 and .2

Answer 147

RULING: Out-of-bounds violation. Team B’s ball. (Rule 7-2.1)

Answer 148

RULING: A1 shall be considered to have caused the ball to go out of bounds. The ball shall be awarded to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. (Rule 7-2.2)

Answer 149

RULING: No, only a live ball timeout by Team A would entitle Team A to a throw-in at one of the four designated spots per Rule 7-3.2. (Rule 7-3.1.d.)

Answer 150

RULING 1: Legal. A1 is inbounds. Touching an individual who is out of bounds is not an out-of-bounds violation. 2: When the ball in control of A1 touches B1, the ball is out of bounds and shall be awarded to Team A at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. (Rules 7-2.2, 7-3.2, and 7-1.1)

Answer 151

RULING: Award the ball to Team B in 1.) at a designated spot nearest to where the foul or violation occurred when either occurred in Team A’s front court, or 2.) at one of the four spots per Rule 7-3.4 when the foul or violation occurs in Team A’s backcourt and Team B is awarded the ball in Team B’s front court. When the violation is for Team A causing the ball to be out of bounds in Team A’s backcourt, play shall resume with a throw-in by Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. (Rule 7-3.2)

Answer 152

RULING: The officials are correct. When A1 stepped on the division line, the violation occurred in Team A’s backcourt. However, Team B obtained possession at the division line which is also Team B’s backcourt. (Rule 7-3.2.c)

Answer 153

RULING 1: The kick is a floor violation and the ball shall be awarded to Team A at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. (Rules 7-3.2.c and 9-6) 2: Kicking the ball is a floor violation. Consequently, Team A shall retain the privilege to the throw-in from anywhere along the end line. In (1) and (2), the throw-in was not legally completed since the kick is not a legal touch. As a result, neither the game clock nor the shot clock shall be started because of the violation. (Rules 7-6.5, 7-4.6.a.3, 7-3.2.c and 9-6)

Answer 154

RULING – In 1, the violation does not occur until the ball misses the rim, so Team B’s subsequent throw in shall be from a designated spot nearest to where the ball is when the try ends. In 2 since there was no try for goal, Team B’s subsequent throw-in shall be from a designated spot nearest to where the ball is when the shot clock expired.

Answer 155

RULING 1: Team A, the team not credited with the score, may make a throw-in from the end of the court where the goal was made and from any point outside the end line since that was where the foul occurred. (Rule 7-4.6.a.1) 2 and 3: The ball shall be awarded to Team A at a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 7-3.1.g and 7-4.4)

Answer 156

RULING: When the timeout ends, Team B may make the throw-in from anywhere behind the end line. Team B’s charged timeout does not eliminate the privilege of a throw-in from anywhere behind the end line. The same applies to a timeout after a successful free throw. (Rule 7-4.6.a.4)

Answer 157

RULING: The official should disallow the goal. Team B is permitted to put the ball in play at a designated spot closest to where the foul occurred. (Rules 7-4.6.a and 5-1.15)

Answer 158

RULING: No. A1 failed to pass the ball directly into the playing court or pass the ball along the end line to a teammate. When A1 touches the ball, a throw-in violation occurs. (Rule 7-4.6.a and .b, and 9-4.1.b)

Answer 159

RULING: Any player from Team B shall attempt the two free throws for the technical foul. 1: Since there was no team control when the whistle was blown, when the try is successful, play shall resume with the awarding of the ball to the team not credited with the score. When the try is unsuccessful, the ball shall be put back into play with the use of the alternating-possession arrow. (Rules 7-4.6, 7-4.7 and 7-5.1.d) 2: The ball shall be put back into play by Team A at the spot of the original throw-in with no reset of the shot clock. (Rule 7-4.7) 3: Since there was no team control when the whistle was blown, play shall resume with another jump ball. (Rules 7-4.7, 6-1.1 and 6-3.5)

Answer 160

RULING: In both situations, a double foul has occurred. The officials shall charge both players with a personal foul. In 1., since there is no team control when the fouls occur, the basket shall count and Team B shall have the ball for a throw-in along the end line with a 30 second reset of the shot-clock. In 2., since there was no team control when the double foul occurred, possession shall be determined by the alternating-possession arrow with a new shot-clock for the team that the arrow favors. If the alternatingpossession arrow favors the offense, reset the shot clock to 20 seconds or the time remaining, whichever is greater. If the try hits the rim, the shot clock shall be reset to 20 seconds. If the arrow favors the defense, reset the shot clock to 30 seconds (Rules 7-4.9, 7-4.11, 5-1.15, 4-28.1.d, 7-4.6.a, 7-1.5.d, 2-11.6.c.1, 2-11.6.b.1 and 2-11.6.c.3) NOTE: When the offensive player releases the ball either before or after an official calls a player-control foul and it is the only foul called on the play, no basket can be scored per Rule 5-1.15.

Answer 161

RULING: The official shall wait to see what happens to the try. The ball does not become dead until the try in flight ends. 1: The goal shall count. Charge the fouls and award the ball to the team not credited with the score at the end line with that team being entitled to run the end line. The shot clock shall be reset to 30 seconds. (Rules 7-4.11 and 2-11.6.b.1)) 2: Charge the fouls. The alternating-possession arrow shall be used and the shot clock shall be reset to either 20 or 30 seconds depending on which team the alternating-possession arrow favors. (Rules 7-4.11, 4-27.1.d, 7-5.1.d, 2-11-6.b.1 and 2-11.6.d.1) 3: Charge the fouls. The try ends when it is certain it will not be successful, which occurs simultaneously with the shot-clock violation. Therefore, the point of interruption is the shot-clock violation. Award the ball to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred with a reset of the shot clock to 30 seconds. (Rules 7-4.1, 9-11.4, 4-27.1.d and 2-11.6.b.7)

Answer 162

RULING: The penalty for the dead ball contact technical must be adjudicated first - any player on Team B may attempt the free throws. Part of the penalty is also a throw-in by the offended team. Therefore, Team B shall inbound the ball from a designated spot using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. The alternating-possession arrow will not change and still favors Team. A. (Rule 7-4.15.a)

Answer 163

RULING: Legal throw-in. (Rules 7-6.1 and 7-4.6.b)

Answer 164

RULING: No. Since there was a fumble, the official shall blow the whistle, which causes the ball to become dead, and then shall re-administer the throw-in. (Rules 7-6.8.d and 4-16.1)

Answer 165

RULING: A defensive player shall not interfere with the ball, which in this case, has not been thrown in. A Class B technical foul is assessed to B1. (Rules 7-6.9.b, 7-4.6.b, and 10-4.1.i)

Answer 166

RULING: The possession mistake was correctly adjudicated by the official. (Rule 7-6.13)

Answer 167

RULING: When the attempt by A2 is due to a justifiable misunderstanding, there shall be no penalty. When it is reasonable to believe that A2 knew that A1 was the designated shooter, a Class B technical foul shall be assessed. In such a case, the technical foul penalty shall be administered, and the game shall be resumed at the point of interruption. In both cases, when the error of permitting the wrong player to attempt a free throw is recognized during the correctable-error time frame, that error shall be corrected by canceling any successful free throw by A2 and awarding A1 the free throw(s) which is the point of interruption. (Rules 8-3.1, 2-12.4 and .5, and 10-4.1.c)

Answer 168

RULING: A1 shall be required to attempt the free throw(s) unless an injury prevents A1 from doing so, in which case the opposing coach will select from one of the remaining Team A players on the court to shoot the free throws. A6 should not have been beckoned onto the playing court since substitutions shall not occur after the warning signal. (Rules 8-3.2 and .3, and 3-6.1.g)

Answer 169

RULING: The intent of Rule 3-6.3.f is to eliminate the situation whereby a poor free-throw shooter faked an injury so that he could be replaced by a higher-percentage shooter. Obviously, a bleeding player is not faking an injury. The bleeding player shall be instructed by the official to leave the game for attention by medical personnel. The coach may exercise the option of substituting for the bleeding player and having the substitute attempt the free throws or calling a timeout to remedy the blood situation. (Rules 8.3-2 and .3 and 3-6.3.f )

Answer 170

RULING: The referee shall instruct the official scorer to note which four players from Team A were on the playing court before the timeout was granted. At the end of the timeout when it is determined that A1 is unable to attempt the free throw(s), the coach from Team B shall select one of the four remaining players to attempt the free throw(s). That selection, once made, is final and unalterable. An immediate substitution for the injured player shall be required after the final horn that indicates the expiration of the timeout. The opponent shall then be permitted to counter with a substitution. Any other substitution(s) must have reported to, or be in position to report to, the official scorer before the warning horn. However, the entry onto the playing court shall not be permitted until the coach from Team B has selected who shall attempt the free throw(s) for the injured player. (Rules 8-3.3, 3-6.1.h and 3-6.3.f )

Answer 171

RULING: The referee was correct in allowing A7 to attempt the four free throws. When a player is injured as a result of either a flagrant 1 or 2 personal foul and is unable to attempt the free throws, the coach of the injured player is permitted to select any player or team member to attempt the free throws. In addition, when a Class A technical foul is assessed, any player or team member is allowed to attempt the two free throws. After the four free throws are attempted, the ball is awarded to Team A, the offended team, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, which is the designated spot nearest to where the flagrant 2 personal foul was committed using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. When the coach from Team A selects two different individuals to attempt the free throws, since a false multiple foul has been committed, the penalty for the Class A technical foul shall be administered, followed by the penalty for the flagrant 2 personal foul. The ball is awarded to Team A, the offended team, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption, which is the designated spot nearest to where the flagrant 2 personal foul was committed using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 8-3.3, 8-3.4, 8-6.1, 4-15.6, 4-28.1, 3-6.3.e and 10-3.1 Penalty)

Answer 172

RULING: Any member of Team B shall attempt the free throws for the technical foul assessed to A1. Play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. The substitute for disqualified player A1 shall attempt the free throws awarded when A1 was fouled. A1 was unable to attempt the free throws because A1 was a disqualified player and, by rule, had to be replaced. A1’s injury should not be considered in adjudicating the play. (Rules 8-3.2, 8-3.4, 8-6.1, 4-28.1 and 3-6.3.c)

Answer 173

RULING: Grant B2’s request. (Rule 8-4.4)

Answer 174

RULING: Once the ball is placed at the disposal of A1, an automatic delayed violation shall be called on Team B for not occupying the first marked lane space on each side. However, any player from Team A may request and be granted a timeout before the expiration of the 10-second time limit for shooting the free throw. However, the timeout shall not negate the violation by Team B. (Rules 8-4.5, 5-14.1.a, 9-1.1.k and 9-1 Penalty b)

Answer 175

RULING: The official shall sound the whistle at once, causing the ball to become dead. The official should caution the free-thrower, place the ball at the disposal of A1 and start a new silent and visible count. (Rules 8-5.1.a, 6-1.2.c and 6-5.1.d)

Answer 176

RULING: When A1 is in the semicircle and does not take the ball or is outside the semicircle, the ball shall be placed on the free-throw line and the official shall start the count. A violation shall result when the free throw is not attempted in 10 seconds or when the free-thrower enters the semicircle. However, any player from Team A may request and be granted a timeout before the expiration of the 10-second time limit for shooting the free throw. (Rules 8-5.1.a and .d, 5-14.1.b and 9.1.1.a and .d)

Answer 177

RULING: When the official judges the act in either (1) or (2) to be disconcerting, the official shall assess a penalty. The burden not to disconcert shall be that of the free-thrower’s opponents. (Rules 8-5.1.f and 9-1 Penalty b)

Answer 178

RULING: Since a single contact dead-ball technical foul has been committed, the point of interruption is not in effect. This is a false double foul and each foul shall carry its own penalty and each penalty shall be administered in the order of occurrence of the fouls. A1 shall attempt two free throws for the foul committed by B1. All free throws awarded shall be attempted. Then any player from Team B shall attempt the two free throws for A1’s contact dead-ball technical foul. When the score is tied following all awarded free throws, an extra period(s) shall be played. Play is resumed with a throw-in to Team B using the procedures in Rules 7-3.2 for the contact dead-ball technical by A1. (Rules 8-6.2, 8-8.1 and 10-1 Penalty g)

Answer 179

RULING: The official’s misinformation to the players caused the inactivity. As a result, in both (1) and (2), the ball shall be put in play with the use of the alternating-possession arrow. In (1), A2’s goal shall not count. A1 did attempt the merited free throw, so there is no error to correct. When any time has elapsed off the game clock and the official has knowledge of this time, he shall rectify the situation. (Rules 8-7, 7-5.1.c and 5-12.1)

Answer 180

RULING: This is a false double foul. No players shall take positions along the free-throw lane when B1 shoots the two free throws for the technical foul against Team A. After B1’s free throws, A2 shall be awarded two free throws with no players positioned in the marked lane spaces. After A2’s two free throws, Team A shall be awarded the ball for a throw-in at a designated spot nearest to where the flagrant 2 personal foul occurred. When either foul of the false double is a single flagrant 2 foul or a single contact dead-ball technical foul, the ball shall be put into play as if the single flagrant 2 foul or the single contact dead-ball technical foul was the only foul administered. The team entitled to the throw-in will shoot their free throws last. (Rules 8-8.1, 7-4.13 and 10-1 Penalty g)

Answer 181

RULING: The ball becomes dead when A3 violates the free-throw lane provisions; therefore, the pushing of B2 by A2 shall be ignored unless it is a flagrant 2 or a contact dead-ball technical foul. A1’s final free throw shall be canceled and the ball shall be awarded to Team B on the end line for a designated spot throw-in. (Rules 9-1 Penalty a. and 10-3.1)

Answer 182

RULING: The official is correct. Even though a timeout was taken by Team A, it does not negate the violation by B1. (Rules 9-1 Penalty b. 2)

Answer 183

RULING: When A1’s free-throw attempt is unsuccessful, A1 shall be awarded a substitute free throw. When A1’s attempt is successful, B3’s violation shall be ignored. (Rules 9-1 Penalty b.1 and 2, 4-20 and 4-28.1.a)

Answer 184

RULING 1: Double violation; alternating-possession rule. (Rule 9-1 Penalty d.2)\ 2: Double violation; alternating-possession rule. (Rule 9-1 Penalty d.2) 3: Double violation; alternating-possession rule. (Rule 9-1 Penalty d.2)

Answer 185

RULING 1 and 3: When the official is unable to discern which player committed the first violation, the free throw shall be canceled and the ball shall be awarded to the team entitled to the alternating-possession throw-in at a designated spot nearest to where the violations occurred. 2: The first free throw shall be canceled and the second free throw shall be administered normally. (Rule 9-1 Penalty c)

Answer 186

RULING: A violation has been committed by A1 for voluntarily leaving the playing court and then becoming the first player to touch the ball upon return. (Rule 9-3.1)

Answer 187

RULING: The basket shall count. (Rule 9-3.1 b)

Answer 188

RULING: No violation was committed in either (1) or (2) because A1 did not touch inbounds. However, in (3), A1 has committed a violation when he touched inbounds before releasing the ball on the throw-in because he left the designated spot. (Rules 9-4.1.a and 9-4.1.f, 7-6.8.d)

Answer 189

RULING: The edge and front face of the backboard are inbounds and, in this specific circumstance, shall be treated the same as the playing court; hence, the throw-in shall be legal. (Rule 9-4.1.b and 7-1.2)

Answer 190

RULING: In (1) and (2), a throw-in provision was violated. A1 failed to pass the ball directly into the playing court so that after it crosses the boundary line it touches or is legally touched by an inbounds player. (Rule 9-4.1.b)

Answer 191

RULING 1 and 2: B2 has committed an out-of-bounds violation because B2 was last in contact with the floor when he was out of bounds and then contacted the ball before B2 touches the floor inbounds. (Rules 9-4.2.b, 4-23 and 9-4.1) 2: B2 touched the ball before it crossed the vertical inside plane of the boundary line. This is not a technical foul because the ball was being passed to a player on the playing court and not to a teammate who was out of bounds such as after a successful goal. (Rules 9-4.3, 4-23 and 4-10.1)

Answer 192

RULING: There has been no violation, provided that A1 released the ball to start the dribble before lifting the pivot foot from the playing court after catching the ball. (Rules 9-5, 9-5.2 and 9-5.5.b)

Answer 193

RULING 1: A1 has committed a traveling violation because he did not release the ball before picking up the pivot foot. (Rules 9-5 and 9-5.5.b) 2: A1’s release of the ball, after being airborne, was the start of a second dribble. When A1 touched the ball, A1 committed a double-dribble violation and also a traveling violation as in Ruling 1. (Rules 9-5, 9-7 and 9-5.5.b)

Answer 194

RULING: No. When A1 recovered A1’s try, A1 could either dribble, pass or try again. There is no team control by either team when a try is in flight. However, when the shot clock expires and a try by A1 or a teammate has not struck the ring or the flange, it shall be a violation of the shot-clock rule. (Rules 9-5.2, 4-9.4.c and 9-11.2)

Answer 195

RULING 1 and 2: No. The official was incorrect in calling a traveling violation because when A1 caught the ball while airborne, A1 had no established pivot foot. When A1 threw the ball to the floor, returned to the floor after being legally out of bounds and was the first to touch the ball, it became a dribble. 1: When A1 recovered the ball, the dribble ended. 2: A1 is permitted to continue the dribble. (Rules 9-5.2 through .7, 4-13.2 and 4-13.4.a)

Answer 196

RULING: Legal play. The two-footed jump stop has been a commonly used dribble move for many years. The legality of this move is normally determined by the status of the dribble when the player leaves the floor. If the player picks up the dribble while clearly having one foot on the floor and then completes either of the dribble moves described above in 1) or 2), the dribbler has committed a traveling violation. If the player ends the dribble with both feet off the floor, those same moves in 1) and 2) are legal. On plays where the location of the foot at the time of ending the dribble is uncertain, the benefit of the doubt should rest with the dribbler having made a legal play by ending the dribble with two feet off the floor. (Rules 9-5.4.a and .b)

Answer 197

RULING: Legal. (Rule 9-5.5.b)

Answer 198

RULING: In (1) when refereeing the spin move or the euro step, the official must determine if A1 picked up the ball to end a dribble with both feet off the floor or with a foot on the floor. If A1 ends the dribble with both feet off the floor, then the first foot to come back to the floor becomes the pivot foot and the player may then take another step to stop or to lift off to shoot or pass. However, if the dribbler picks up the dribble while clearly having one foot on the floor, that foot becomes the pivot foot and A1 cannot complete the remaining two steps for either the spin move or the euro step without traveling. On plays where the location of the foot at the time of ending the dribble is uncertain, the benefit of the doubt should rest with the dribbler having made a legal play by ending the dribble with two feet off the floor. In (2) when refereeing the step back, the official must determine if the player picked up the dribble, “stepped back” and landed on one or two feet. If the player landed on one foot, it would be traveling when the other foot touched the floor. If the player landed on two feet, neither foot may be the pivot foot. Since it is very difficult to determine if the feet landed simultaneously or one after the other, traveling should not be called when a player steps back and both feet land at approximately the same time. However, if the player does not shoot or pass the player cannot pivot on either foot. This would be traveling. (Rule 9-5.6)

Answer 199

RULING 1 and 2: Yes, when the pivot foot is not maintained because it is virtually impossible not to move the pivot foot when falling to the playing floor. 3: No. The player may pass, shoot, start a dribble or call a timeout. Once the player has the ball and is no longer sliding, he may not roll over. When flat on the player’s back, the player may sit up without violating. When the player puts the ball on the floor, then rises and is the first to touch the ball, it also is traveling. When a player rises to the feet while holding the ball and moves the pivot foot, it is traveling. When a player falls to one knee while holding the ball, it is traveling if the pivot foot moves. (Rules 9-5.7 and 9-5.2)

Answer 200

RULING 1: A1 has violated. When the ball passes partially or completely through the cylinder, a violation has occurred. (Rules 9-6 and 9-15.2.b) 2: B1 has violated since the ball completely passed by the ring, which is the base of the cylinder. (Rules 9-6) 3: After the ball clears the net, it remains live. (Rules 9-6 and 9-15.2.b)

Answer 201

RULING: A1 has committed a kicking violation. Kicking the ball is defined as striking the ball intentionally with any part of the leg. The intent of this rule is to prevent a player from gaining an advantage by using any part of the leg. Since A1 was not holding the ball in A1’s hands, B1’s firm placement of the hands on the ball does not constitute a held ball. (Rule 9-6.2)

Answer 202

RULING: Double dribble violation. (Rule 9-7)

Answer 203

RULING: Legal. Touching the ball with both hands simultaneously shall be considered touching the ball once. However, when one hand touches slightly in advance of the second hand, that shall be ruled as touching the ball twice, which is a violation. When either hand or both hands touch the ball again, that shall be ruled a violation for touching the ball more than twice. (Rule 9-8.1.a and .b)

Answer 204

RULING: Legal play. (Rule 9-8.1.e)

Answer 205

RULING: The three-second count shall be in effect. The team that had control before the loose ball or during an interrupted dribble maintains team control until the opponent secures control. (Rules 9-9 and 4-9.3)

Answer 206

RULING: Violation. Team B shall be awarded a throw-in at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. The correctable-error rule does not provide for the correction of an error made in the referee’s counting of seconds. (Rules 9-10, 2-7.9 and 7-4.1)

Answer 207

RULING: Violation. The ball shall be awarded to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where A1 was standing when he threw the ball. (Rules 9-10, 9-12.3.b and 7-4.1)

Answer 208

RULING: There has been no change in team control. The 10-second count shall continue. (Rules 9-10, 4-9.2.d and 4-9.3)

Answer 209

RULING 1: The shot clock starts on the initial touch by the Team B player, but the backcourt count does not start until the Team A player touches the ball in the backcourt with 12 seconds on the shot clock. There will be a 10-second backcourt violation with two seconds remaining on the shot clock if the ball fails to gain frontcourt status in Team A’s continuous control. 2: When any player touches the ball on a throw-in, the shot clock shall start. When the first touch occurs in Team A’s backcourt, the 10-second backcourt count shall also begin. There will be a 10-second backcourt violation with five seconds remaining on the shot clock when the ball fails to gain frontcourt status in Team A’s continuous control. (Rule 9-10)

Answer 210

RULING: In all five situations, the dead ball results in a “stoppage” of the game. None of these situations is included in any of the three exceptions to the 10-second backcourt rule. The 10-second backcourt count should be reset in all five situations. (Rule 9-10)

Answer 211

RULING 1 and 2: Team A receives a reset of the 10-second backcourt count since Team A was charged with a timeout in both cases. When Team A is charged with a timeout, they have “bought” a reset of the 10-second backcourt count. 3: Since neither of the timeouts was charged to Team A, there is no reset of the 10-second backcourt count. (Rule 9-10)

Answer 212

RULING: No. Even though Team A was charged with an excessive timeout, it resulted in a technical foul against Team A and therefore, Team A does not receive a reset of the 10-second backcourt count. (Rule 9-10)

Answer 213

RULING: No. When Team A is assessed a technical foul (even though Team B is also assessed), there is no reset of the 10-second backcourt count because the technical foul against Team A falls within one of the exceptions to the 10-second backcourt rule. (Rule 9-10)

Answer 214

backcourt violation has occurred. Award the ball to Team B at the designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred, but do not charge Team A with a timeout unless it reaffirms its request. (Rules 9-10.1 and 7-4.1)

Answer 215

RULING: The officiating crew has erred in not stopping the shot clock when it reached 20 seconds and failing to call a 10-second backcourt violation. The ball should be awarded to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred and the game clock reset to the time when the violation occurred. (Rules 9-10, 2-11.1, 5-12 and 11-2.1.c)

Answer 216

RULING: The shot-clock horn shall be ignored, the shot clock shall be reset and play shall continue. (Rules 9-11.3 and 2-11.6.b)

Answer 217

RULING 1 and 2: Team A has committed a shot-clock violation because the try did not strike the ring or flange. (Rule 9-11) 3: The shot-clock horn shall be ignored and play shall continue with the shot clock reset upon possession by either team because A1 complied with the shot-clock rule when the try struck the ring or flange or entered the basket. (Rules 9-11.4, 2-11.6.b.4 and 2-11.6.d.1)

Answer 218

RULING 1: Score the field goal. (Rule 9-11.3) 2: A shot-clock violation by Team A has occurred because the try did not hit the ring or flange. The referee shall sound the whistle, and the ball shall be awarded to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. (Rule 9-11.3) 3: There is no shot-clock violation because the try hit the ring or flange. The shot clock shall be reset when Team A establishes possession of the ball on the rebound. (Rules 9-11.3 and 2-11.6.d.1)

Answer 219

RULING 1: A shot-clock violation has occurred and the ball is awarded to Team B at a designated spot. 2: Since the shot-clock horn has not sounded, there is no violation. The alternating-possession arrow shall be used with no reset of the shot clock when the alternating-possession arrow favors the team that shot the ball. (Rules 9-11.4, 9-11.1, 9-11.3 and .4, 6-4.1.a and 2-11.6.a.8)

Answer 220

RULING 1: Backcourt violation. When A2, while holding the ball, lifts the foot that was in the backcourt, the ball is in the frontcourt. When A2’s foot touches in the backcourt, it shall be a violation. 2: When A2 lifts the foot that is in the frontcourt and places it down in the backcourt, the location of the ball has not changed. The ball is still in the backcourt and no violation has occurred. (Rules 9-12.1, .2 and .3.a, and 9-12)

Answer 221

RULING: Legal. The deflection of the ball by B1 shall not be considered part of the dribble. B1 does not have control of the ball until securing it in his front court after deflecting it. (Rules 9-12.3, 4-13.1 and 4-9.2.b)

Answer 222

RULING 1: Legal play. Since a Team B player deflected A1’s inbounds pass, when A2 catches the ball in the air and lands with one or both feet in the backcourt, B1’s deflection caused the ball to go into Team A’s backcourt, and a Team A player is permitted to be the first to touch the ball in the backcourt. (Rules 9-12.1 through .3, .5 through .7 and .9 through .10, and 7-6.5) 2: Legal. This is not a backcourt violation since neither player nor team control had been established in the front court. (Rule 9-12.4) 3: Legal. This is not a backcourt violation since neither player nor team control had been established in the front court. (Rules 9-12.4, and 9-12.1 through .3, .5 through .7 and .9 through .10)

Answer 223

RULING: Team A has committed a backcourt violation. The official shall blow the whistle for the backcourt violation when the ball is touched by A3 in the front court after it touched the division line. Team A had control of the ball in its front court and the ball was last touched by Team A without a deflection by Team B before going into the backcourt.

Answer 224

RULING 1: Legal play. 2: Legal play. 3. Backcourt violation. (Rule 9-12.5 and 9-12.4)

Answer 225

RULING 1: Violation when touched. (Rules 9-12.4, 9-10, 4-9.2.d and 4-9.3) 2: It is a violation for going out of bounds. (Rules 9.2 and 7-2.1) 3: The ball is live so that Team B may secure control. When Team A touches the ball first, it is a violation. The ball continues to be in team control of Team A. The 10-second count shall start when the ball goes in the backcourt and is touched by anyone, while the shot clock shall continue to run. (Rules 9-12, 9-10 and 9-11.1)

Answer 226

RULING: In both (1) and (2), no violation has occurred. This is an exception to the backcourt rule. (Rule 9-12.9)

Answer 227

RULING: Legal play. A player shall be permitted to first secure control of the ball after a throw-in, while both feet are off the playing court in the front court, and land with one foot or both feet in the backcourt. (Rules 9-12.10 and 9-12.8)

Answer 228

RULING: The official shall sound the whistle immediately; however, the ball shall not become dead until it is apparent that the try has ended. When the try is successful, the basket shall count and the violation shall be ignored. When the try is unsuccessful, (1) Team B or (2) Team A shall be awarded the ball at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. (Rules 9-13.1 and Penalty, 7-3.2 and 6-6.3)

Answer 229

RULING 1: No. There can be no violation unless A1 excessively swings the elbow without contact. (Rule 9-13.1 and Penalty) 2: No. Without some further act by A1 that rises to the level of taunting or baiting, a technical foul should not be assessed since A1 is permitted to have the elbows extended with the ball under the chin. (Rules 9-13.2 and 10-3.1.b)

Answer 230

RULING: Violation by A1 with the ball awarded to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. “Jabbing” of the elbow without movement of the torso constitutes excessive swinging. (Rule 9-13.1 and Penalty)

Answer 231

RULING 1: After five seconds, a closely guarded violation shall be called when a defensive player is within 6 feet of one of the offensive players. (Rule 9-14.2) 2: The 10-second backcourt rule applies. (Rules 9-14.1 and 9-10)

Answer 232

RULING: The officials shall decide which act occurred first. There is nothing inherent in such acts to make it necessary to rule them as occurring simultaneously. When the violation occurred first and before the try is released, the ball became dead. When the ball was released during the try and no violation was called on A1, there was no violation. When the contact occurs after a violation is called, it shall not be a foul unless it a technical foul for unsportsmanlike behavior, a flagrant 2 technical foul, or a contact dead-ball technical foul. (Rules 9-12 Penalty and 9-14 Penalty)

Answer 233

RULING: No violation. The ball shall remain live. (Rule 9-15.2.a)

Answer 234

RULING: A1’s actions result in both basket interference and a violation for hanging on the rim excessively when there is no danger to the player or other players. The same action (grabbing the rim) caused both violations. The officials should penalize the basket interference but not the excessive hanging on the rim. (Rule 9-15.2.a and 10-4.1.f )

Answer 235

RULING: Basket interference on A2. The goal shall be cancelled. A1 shall be awarded two free throws because of the foul. (Rules 9-15.2.a and 10-1 Penalty d.1)

Answer 236

RULING: Basket interference. The ball shall be ruled dead when A1 contacts the ball in the cylinder, and the dunking of the dead ball shall be ignored. The basket shall be disallowed. (Rules 9-15.2.a and 9-15.2.b)

Answer 237

RULING: In (1) B1 has committed basket interference. Team A shall be awarded two points. Team B shall be awarded the ball for a throw-in as after a goal scored except that an official shall hand the ball to Team B and the player or a teammate shall make the throw-in from any point along the end line. In (2), A2 has committed basket interference. The ball shall be ruled dead when A1 contacts the ball in the cylinder. (Rule 9-15.2 and Penalty a.2 and b)

Answer 238

RULING: Basket interference by B1. Three points shall be awarded to A1 because of the basket interference. (Rules 9-15.2 and 9-15 Penalty a.3)

Answer 239

RULING: This is a legal play. Whether B1 has a hand on the ball before or after it enters the cylinder, as long as A1 has a hand legally in contact with the ball in the cylinder B1 can legally attempt to block the shot. Should the ball leave A1’s hand(s) in the cylinder before B1 touches the ball then basket interference has occurred. B1 is still bound by the restrictions of contacting the net as stated in Rule 9-15.2.a.1 and the restrictions of Rules 9-15.2.a.3-5. This is a reviewable play pursuant to 11-2.1.b.6. (Rules 9-15.2.a.1, 9-15.2.a.3-5, and 11-2.1.b.6)

Answer 240

RULING: The officials must determine if the touching of the net by B1 had any effect on the ball. If they determine that the touching of the net affected the ball, there is basket interference. Otherwise, play shall continue. (Rule 9-15.2.a)

Answer 241

RULING: Personal foul on B1. (Rules 10-1.11, 10-1.12 and 4-17.1-.4)

Answer 242

RULING: Either player may be responsible, but the greater responsibility shall be that of the dribbler when the defensive player who is guarding conforms to legal guarding principles. In order to establish initial legal guarding position, the defender must be facing the dribbler and have both feet touching the playing court. When the defensive player jumps into position, both feet must return to the floor after the jump before the defensive player has attained a legal guarding position. No specific stance, time or distance shall be required. The defender may shift to maintain the position in the path of the dribbler, provided that the defender neither charges into the dribbler nor otherwise causes contact. The responsibility of the dribbler for contact shall not shift merely because the defender turns or ducks to absorb shock when contact caused by the dribbler is imminent. The defender shall not cause contact by moving under or in front of a passer or thrower after the passer or thrower is in the air with the feet off the floor. (Rules 10-1.12, and 4-17.1 through .4 and .6)

Answer 243

RULING: When the try is successful, count the goal because the ball remains live while the try is in flight even though a foul occurs when the try is in the air. In either (1) or (2), the offended team is awarded free throws. (Rules 10-1 Penalty c, 10-1 Penalty d[3], 4-9.4.c and 6-6.1.c)

Answer 244

RULING: For a multiple personal foul, one free throw shall be awarded for each personal foul, excluding a flagrant 2 personal foul, and two free throws shall be awarded for the flagrant 2 personal foul. Play shall resume by awarding the ball to the offended team for the flagrant 2 foul at a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred. When one of the fouls of a double personal foul is a flagrant 2 foul, award free throws for the common foul when that team is in the bonus with no one in the marked lanes spaces followed by the free throws for the flagrant 2 personal foul. The ball shall be put back into play at the point of interruption to the offended team for the single flagrant 2 personal foul. When both fouls of a double personal are flagrant 2 fouls, no free throws are awarded and the ball is put back into play at the point of interruption. In either case, any player who commits a flagrant 2 personal foul shall be ejected. (Rules 10-1 Penalty d[2] and d[4] and f, and 4-28.1.d)

Answer 245

RULING: The official must first determine if the contact was sufficient to constitute a foul or was incidental. In (1), any illegal contact shall be a blocking foul on B1 unless the contact by A1 is unnatural per Rule 10-1.14.a. In (2), the restricted-area rules no longer are in effect and the play should be adjudicated as any other basketball play. This could result in an offensive foul, a defensive foul, or a no-call. (Rules 10-1.14.c and 4-17.7)

Answer 246

RULING: B1 was a secondary defender who illegally established initial guarding position within the restricted area. Consequently, the blocking call against B1 is the correct call. This play may be reviewable in the last two minutes of the game or the last two minutes of any overtime period to determine if B1 was within the restricted area. (Rules 10-1.14, 4-36 and 11-2.1.e.2)

Answer 247

RULING 1: B4 is a secondary defender and illegally established initial guarding position within the restricted area to stop A5’s try for goal. A blocking foul shall be assessed to B4. 2: When A5 stopped and the try for goal was discontinued, B4 was no longer a secondary defender. A player control foul shall be assessed to A5. (Rules 10-1.14 and 4-36)

Answer 248

RULING: Blocking foul on B3 because B3 is not permitted to establish initial legal guarding position in the restricted area. When A2 beat defender B2 on a backdoor cut and then received the ball, the restricted-area/secondary-defender rule applies. (Rule 10-1.14)

Answer 249

RULING 1: No free throws shall be awarded because the period has ended except if the foul is a flagrant 2 or contact dead ball technical foul. 2: Charge the foul. The free throw(s) shall be awarded because time remains on the game clock. (Rules 10-1 Penalty d[1] and h and 5-7.6)

Answer 250

RULING: The penalty for double fouls is no free throws and play is resumed at the point of interruption unless one of the fouls is a flagrant foul. A1 will shoot a one-and-one free throw with no players in the marked lane spaces for the common foul charged to B1. Following these free throws, B1 will shoot two free throws with no players in the marked lane spaces for the flagrant 1 personal foul charged to A1. Play is resumed with a throw-in to Team B at the point of interruption, which is nearest to where the fouls occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 10-1 Penalty f, 7-3.2 and 4-15.2.b)

Answer 251

RULING: In (1) charge both fouls but the free throws shall not be awarded. Play shall be resumed with a throw-in by Team A at the point of interruption using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. In (2) charge both fouls but the free throws shall be cancelled. Play shall be resumed by using the Alternating Possession Arrow to determine possession on the throw-in from a designated spot closest to where the fouls occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 10-1 Penalty f, 7-4.8 and 7-4.10)

Answer 252

RULING: This is a false double foul. All free throws shall be administered and play shall resume by awarding the ball to Team A for a throw-in at a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 10-1 Penalty g and 7-4.14)

Answer 253

RULING: This is a false double foul since the second foul, the contact dead-ball technical foul charged to A1, occurred while the clock was stopped for the first foul. The fouls will be penalized in the order in which they occurred because the second foul is a contact dead-ball technical foul. A1 will attempt the bonus free throws for the personal foul by B1 with no players in the marked lane spaces. Following the free throws by A1, any eligible player or team member from Team B is permitted to shoot the two free throws with no players in the marked lane spaces for the contact dead-ball technical foul by A1. Play would resume with a throw-in to Team B using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 10-1 Penalty g and 7-3.2)

Answer 254

RULING: This is a false double foul. The technical fouls charged to A1 and B1 are offsetting. No free throws shall be awarded. Play shall resume at the point of interruption, which was the bonus one-and-one for B1’s personal foul. However, since A1 was disqualified, the bonus shall be attempted by A1’s substitute unless no substitution is available. In that case, any teammate shall attempt the free throw(s). (Rules 10-1 Penalty g, 10-3 Penalty, 4-28.1.e, and 7-5.1.c)

Answer 255

RULING: In the case of the false double foul, each foul carries its own penalty and all free throws shall be awarded. For the two dead ball technicals, the free throws are equal so they would cancel. However, play would resume with a throw-in by Team A since Team A is awarded possession as part of the contact dead ball technical assessed to B2. (Rules 10-4 Penalty g and Penalty h)

Answer 256

RULING: Since the fouls occurred during a stopped-clock dead ball, all fouls shall be charged but no free throws shall be awarded because the free throw penalties are equal. Play shall be resumed with a throw-in by Team B at the point of interruption using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rule 10-1 Penalty h)

Answer 257

RULING: No. When an institution or a conference hosts a game(s) in a non-collegiate facility, such as a professional facility, the "home" team shall not be penalized when the backboard and/or shot-clock lights do not function per NCAA playing rules.

Answer 258

RULING 1: Team A shall be assessed one administrative technical foul and is permitted to submit its starting lineup. 2: Team A shall be assessed one administrative technical foul for this change(s). However, when Team A has been assessed an administrative technical foul for the same infraction at any point prior to this violation, they shall not be assessed with another administrative technical foul. Team A is permitted to make the changes. This administrative technical foul shall not count toward the team foul total. After the free throws for the administrative technical foul, play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. (Rules 10-2.2 and 10-2.2 Penalty)

Answer 259

RULING: Team A has violated two rules. Team A failed to supply the names and numbers of team members and the designated starters by the 10-minute mark before the start of the game. The penalty for not complying with this rule is a maximum of one administrative technical foul. When Team A then made a change to the scorebook after the 10-minute mark was reached on the game clock before the start of the game, Team A violated a different rule. The penalty for violating this rule is a maximum of one administrative technical foul regardless of the number of infractions. Each rule bears its own penalty. In this play, Team A shall incur two administrative technical fouls before the start of the game. Team B shall be awarded two free throws and play shall be resumed with the jump ball to start the game. Should Team A make any other changes to the scorebook after they are assessed the one administrative technical foul for violating 10-2.2.b, they shall not incur another penalty. (Rule 10-2.2)

Answer 260

RULING: An administrative technical foul shall be assessed to both Team A and Team B. These technical fouls are offsetting. No free throws are awarded and play shall resume with the jump ball. (Rule 10-2.2 and Penalty)

Answer 261

RULING: Yes. The intent of the rule is to notify each opposing coach of the names and numbers of the opponents who might play in the game In this situation, there is no intent to deceive and the name and number of all potential players appear in the book as in any other game. (Rule 10-2.2.a and (Penalty Art. 2a)

Answer 262

RULING: The field goal shall count because A6 became a player when the ball became live. However, the game has not ended since the officials have not left the visual confines of the playing area and still have jurisdiction. The officials shall award Team B two free throws for the administrative technical foul and the game will continue with an overtime period if the score is tied after the free-throws. The penalty of Rule 10-2.6 applies only when the sixth player participates when the ball is live. There is no time limit within which the officials have to recognize and penalize this infraction. However, the officials must see the violation occur or have personal knowledge that it did occur in order to penalize this infraction. A monitor may not be used to obtain such knowledge. (Rules 10-2.6, 2-4.3, 11-2.1, 3-6.1.d and 5-7.6)

Answer 263

RULING: Team B shall be charged with an administrative technical foul for calling an excessive timeout. Any player from Team A shall shoot two free throws with the lane cleared and the ball shall be put back in play at the point of interruption. (Rules 10-2.7, 4-28.1.e, 7-5.1.a and .b, 5-14.1.d)

Answer 264

RULING: The home management or game committee is responsible for the behavior of spectators. The officials may call an administrative technical foul on either team when its supporters act in such a way as to interfere with the proper conduct of the game. Such technical fouls do not count as team fouls. (Rule 10-2.8)

Answer 265

RULING: When an official has knowledge as to which team’s follower(s) committed the act, he shall assess an administrative technical foul against that team. (Rule 10-2.8.c Penalty and Note 1)

Answer 266

RULING: When the celebration causes a delay by preventing the ball from being promptly made live or prevents continuous play: 1: A Class B technical foul shall be assessed to the head coach of Team A. The coach’s technical foul does not count toward the team foul total but does count toward the coach’s ejection. 2: An administrative technical foul shall be assessed to the offending team. This administrative technical foul does not apply to the team foul total. Any player from Team B shall attempt one free throw and play shall resume at the point of interruption. When the celebration does not delay or interfere with play, the celebration shall be ignored. (Rules 10-2.8.d and Penalty, and 10-4.2.h and Penalty)

Answer 267

RULING: Flagrant 2 technical foul and A1 shall be ejected. The goal made by A1 shall count. The offended team shall be awarded two free throws and possession of the ball using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. This unsporting act shall also be charged to the head coach as a Class B technical. (Rules 10-3.1.h, 10-3 Penalty and Ejection)

Answer 268

RULING: The official should assess B1 with a flagrant 2 non-contact foul. Any player on Team A may shoot the two free throws with no players on the free-throw lane. Play shall be resumed by a Team A throwin using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. B1 is ejected from the game. The intent of Rule 10-3.3.i is to prevent players from leaving the playing court and becoming involved in verbal, physical, or any other type of confrontation with fans, team followers, mascots, or band members. The playing court is defined by Rule 1-2.1 as “the area on the floor that lies within the geometrical lines formed by the inside edge of the boundary lines.” Accordingly, any time a player leaves the confines of the playing court either on the endlines or the sidelines and commits any of the unsporting acts described above, the official should penalize the infraction per Rule 10-3.1.i. (Rule 10-3.1.i and Penalty)

Answer 269

RULING: When the official cannot, with assurance, determine the violator, the official shall assess a Class A technical foul to the head coach. The official alone shall decide to whom a technical foul shall be charged. It is not the prerogative of the coach or other bench personnel to come forward as the party guilty of unsportsmanlike bench decorum. (Rule 10-3.2.c)

Answer 270

RULING: The official shall withhold the whistle until A1 has either made or missed the shot. The official then shall sound the whistle and assess the offending coach a Class A technical foul, which could be a flagrant 2 technical foul. (Rules 10-3.2.c and 4-15.3.d.2)

Answer 271

RULING: In (1) and (2), when A1 was assessed a Class A technical foul, A1 was not a player since A1 was not legally participating on the playing court. However, A1 was a team member and a member of bench personnel. As a result, A1’s technical foul shall count toward A1’s disqualification and ejection, and toward the team foul total in the half which is to be played. Also, A1’s technical foul shall be charged to the head coach as a Class B technical foul. Two free throws shall be awarded to any player from Team B, and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. (Rules 10-3.2 Penalty, 4-4, 3-1 and 3-5)

Answer 272

RULING: A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, B6 and B7 shall be ejected immediately for leaving the bench, entering the playing court and participating in the fight. Flagrant 2 technical fouls shall be assessed to A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, B6 and B7 for leaving the bench to participate in a fight. A6’s, A7’s, B6’s and B7’s flagrant 2 technical fouls are offsetting; no free throws shall be awarded. Any player from Team B shall attempt the six free throws resulting from A8’s, A9’s and A10’s flagrant 2 technical fouls, and play shall be resumed by awarding the ball to Team B at a designated spot using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. The flagrant 2 technical fouls assessed to A6, A7, A8, A9 and A10 shall be charged to the head coach as Class B technical fouls because these individuals are bench personnel. Since three Class B technical fouls have been assessed to the head coach from Team A, he shall be ejected. The flagrant 2 technical fouls assessed to B6 and B7 shall also be charged as Class B technical fouls to the head coach of Team B but do not lead to ejection since, in this case, three Class B technical fouls are required for ejection. A1 and B1 shall be assessed flagrant 2 technical fouls for fighting and shall be ejected. A1’s and B1’s flagrant 2 technical fouls are offsetting, so no free throws shall be attempted by either team. A1, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, B1, B6 and B7 shall be subject to the suspension penalty for fighting. (Rules 10-3.1.j Penalty, Resumption of Play and Ejection, 10-3.2.g Penalty, Resumption of Play and Ejection, 10-5, 8-3.4, 7-4.14 and Appendix I and 7-3.2)

Answer 273

RULING: A1 shall be charged with a flagrant 2 technical foul, ejected and shall be subject to the fighting penalty and suspension. Any player from Team B is permitted to attempt the two free throws for A1’s infraction. B6 shall be ejected for leaving the confines of the bench area and entering the playing court. The acts committed by A1 and B6 are not offsetting; they are separate acts. No free-throw penalty or technical foul shall be assessed to either B6 or the coach from Team B. Because B6 did not participate in the fight, no fighting suspension shall be involved. (Rules 10-3.1.j and Ejection, 10-5, 10-4.2.j and Appendix I)

Answer 274

RULING: No. There is no prohibition against dunking a dead ball during warm-ups unless otherwise authorized by a conference rule. (Rule 10-4)

Answer 275

RULING: This act constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct by the coach. Penalize the infraction by a Class A technical foul. (Rules 4-15.3.b and 10-3.2)

Answer 276

RULING: When the official sounds the whistle and calls a foul on either A1 or B1, the basket shall not count. A1 shall not be assessed a Class B technical foul for dunking a dead ball. (Rule 10-4)

Answer 277

RULING: When A1 has started the throwing motion, the goal, when successful, shall count. No Class B technical foul shall be called on A1 for dunking. When the foul is committed before A1 is in the act of shooting, the referee shall not count the basket and shall penalize for the foul that was committed off the ball. (Rules 10-4, 5-1.10 and .12, and 6-5.1.d)

Answer 278

RULING 1: A1 has violated two rules with the same action of hanging on the rim. First, A1 placed a hand on the ring to gain an advantage. A1 also hung on the rim unnecessarily when there was no danger to A1 or another player. The officials should disallow the basket and charge A1 with a Class B technical foul for using the ring to gain an advantage. The penalty for grasping the ring unnecessarily should be disregarded. (Rule 10-4.1.e) 2: The goal shall count and A1 shall be assessed a Class B technical foul for emphatically grasping the ring. (Rule 10-4.1.e)

Answer 279

RULING: This shall not be called a Class B technical foul unless the player leaves the playing court to deceive or gain a more advantageous position in some way. When the player is a dribbler, the ball shall be ruled out of bounds. When the player returns to the playing floor and is the first to touch the ball, a violation has occurred since the player left the playing court under the player’s own volition. (Rules 10-4.1.j and 9-3.1)

Answer 280

RULING: In both plays, a Class B technical foul shall be charged to B2 for delaying the game. When A1, in making the throw-in, extends the ball through the end line plane into the playing court and B2 slaps the ball from the hands of A1, without B2 breaking the plane of inside edge of the end line, B2 has not committed a violation because the ball is in play once it crosses the end line. (Rules 10-4.1.i and .l)

Answer 281

RULING 1: The official should ask the coach to discontinue using the electronic transmission. 2: A Class B technical foul shall be assessed to the head coach and the head coach shall be instructed to discontinue use of the equipment. (Rule 10-4.2.d)

Answer 282

RULING: Yes. At the urging of professionals responsible for the training, health, and safety of players, electronic equipment (including wearable technology used to monitor data that can be used for medicaldecision- making) is permissible in the bench area. However, this ruling does not permit the information obtained from this equipment to be used “for coaching purposes.” It is not permissible for the medical staff to share data collected with the coaching staff while in the bench area for any purpose other than the health and safety of the player. In addition, as with any other type of equipment worn by players, Rules 1-26 and 2-5 require the Referee to approve the equipment. (Rules 10-4.2.d, 1-26 and 2-5)

Answer 283

RULING: Before the start of the game, the team shall designate who the coach with “standing” privileges shall be. Both coaches shall be assessed all technical fouls. (Rules 10-4.2.f.1 and 10-4.2)

Answer 284

RULING: This is permitted only when bench personnel rise from the bench to spontaneously react to an outstanding play, then immediately sit down on the bench. When only one other person is illegally standing, an official shall assess the individual illegally standing with a Class B technical foul, which is also charged to the head coach as a Class B technical foul. When more than one other person is standing, an official shall assess a Class B technical foul to the head coach only. (Rule 10-4.2.f and Penalty)

Answer 285

RULING: If the Team A head coach has been previously warned for any Coach Delay, the referee shall assess a Class B technical foul to Team A’s head coach. This technical foul shall be one of the three Class B technical fouls or one of a combination of two Class B and one Class A technical fouls that the head coach can accrue before being ejected and shall not count toward the bonus. Team A’s substitute shall enter the game. Team B shall shoot one free throw and the ball shall be put back in play at the point of interruption. (Rules 10-4.2.g and Penalty, Resumption of Play and Ejection, 4-10.2 and 4-28.1.e)

Answer 286

RULING: A6 and B6 shall be ejected. No free-throw penalties or technical fouls shall be assessed to A6 and B6 or the coaches of Team A and Team B. Because neither participated in the fight, no fighting penalty or suspension shall be invoked against them. (Rule 10-4.2.j, Penalty and Ejection)

Answer 287

RULING: When the celebration causes a delay by preventing the ball from being promptly made live or by preventing continuous play including, but not limited to the following: a) when the thrower-in is in the process of carrying the ball out of bounds for a throw-in; b) attempting the throw-in; or c) has completed the throw-in. 1: A Class B technical foul shall be assessed to the head coach. The coach’s technical foul does not count toward the team foul total but does count toward the coach’s ejection. Celebrations should not be penalized under Rule 10-2.6. (Rule 10-4.2.h and Penalty and Ejection) 2: An administrative technical foul shall be assessed to the offending team. This technical foul does not apply to the team foul total. Any player from Team B shall attempt the one free throw and play shall resume at the point of interruption. When the celebration does not delay or interfere with play, the celebration shall be ignored. When there is no delay in putting the ball in play or any interruption in the continuity of the game, officials should allow play to continue without penalty. When play can be stopped before the ball is at the disposal of Team B and without delaying the ball from being put in to play or interrupting the continuity of play, the official shall sound the whistle, clear the floor and resume the game without assessing any penalty. (Rules 10-2.8.d and Penalty, and Section 10-2 Penalty)

Answer 288

RULING: No. A camcorder, tablet or smartphone that is not at a courtside table is not an official courtside monitor; however, if the camcorder, tablet or smartphone and all necessary equipment were on an official courtside table located within 12 feet of the playing court, the camcorder could be consulted. (Rule 11-1.1)

Answer 289

RULING: The officials may use the monitor to review B1’s goal because the review occurs within the statute of limitations. If, after review, the officials determine that B1’s try was a three-point goal, Team B shall be awarded another point and declared the winner by a score of 71-70. (Rules 11-2.1.b.1 and 2-12.3) NOTE: Once officials leave the visual confines of the playing area, the score has been approved and the monitor review noted above would not be permissible

Answer 290

RULING: When there is a reading of zeroes on the game clock and after making a call on the playing court, the officials shall be required to use the courtside monitor to ascertain whether the try for field goal was released before or after the reading of zeroes. The officials may, but are not required to, use the courtside monitor to determine whether a try for goal was a two- or three-point attempt unless the coach makes an appeal for a correctable error. In such a case, the officials are now required to investigate, which may include using the monitor to determine whether a correctable error occurred. When the coach’s appeal is ruled to be incorrect, a 75-second timeout shall be charged or a 30-second timeout when a 75-second timeout is not available in games not involving the electronic-media timeout format. In games involving the electronic-media timeout format, either a 60- or 30-second timeout shall be charged to his team. When that timeout exceeds the allotted number, an administrative technical foul shall be assessed to the offending team. (Rules 11-2.1.b.1 and .3, and 11-3.1.a.1 and 2-12.6)

Answer 291

RULING: When there is a question of whether the try was released in time, and the try was successful, the officials have until the ball next becomes live to recognize the potential mistake and signal to the scorer that an instant replay review is required. When the try is unsuccessful, a review is not permissible. (Rule 11-2.1.b.4)

Answer 292

RULING: The officials may use instant replay in both (1) and (2). However, in 1, if the try is unsuccessful, the ball is dead and no instant replay is permitted by rule. A shot-clock violation has occurred and Team B shall have the ball for a throw-in at the designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. (Rules 11-2.1.b.4 and 7-4.1)

Answer 293

RULING: In (1), the play would not be reviewable unless the official called basket interference or goaltending. This call would result in a successful try and therefore, the shot-clock violation would be reviewable. The shot-clock and basket-interference/goal tending violations are separate and distinct, but without a successful goal, there cannot be a review for a shot-clock violation. The first whistle for a shot-clock violation stops the game clock but the ball is not dead per Rule 6-6.1. Any official can make a basket-interference/goaltending call subsequent to the initial whistle for a shot-clock violation. If the basket-interference/goaltending call is made on the floor and the monitor review of the release results in no shot-clock violation, the official should count the goal. If there was a shot-clock violation, the official should disallow the goal. In (2), in order for the official to make an instant-replay review for a shot-clock violation, the official must have made call for a basket- interference/goaltending violation. This would result in a successful goal, which would allow for a monitor review for a shot-clock violation. (Rules 11-2.1.b.4 and 5-1.18)

Answer 294

RULING: Even though the ball may have become dead when the official sounded the whistle, the official may use Instant Replay to determine if the shot was released prior to the sounding of the shotclock horn but only if the try is successful. (Rules 11-2.1.b.4 and 6-5.1.d)

Answer 295

RULING: In (1) the officials should place time back on the game clock to when the violation occurred and award the ball to Team B for a throw-in along the end line as in Rule 7-4.6.a. In (2) when there was no team possession when an official stopped play, possession shall be awarded to the team that the Alternating Possession Arrow favors and time placed back on the game clock to when the official thought the violation occurred. (Rule 11-2.1.e.3)

Answer 296

RULING: The official is permitted to go to the official courtside monitor to determine if a timer’s mistake has been committed. When it is determined that time did elapse, the official is permitted to correct the time. (Rule 11-2.1.c.1.c)

Answer 297

RULING: Yes, the officials may reverse the call and award Team A two points. The scope and intent of this rule allows the officials to make the appropriate decision as to which player caused the basket interference. However, while officials are at the monitor, if they see that two acts (e.g., A2 and B1 touching the ball) were separated by time and were not part of the same act, the officials may not re-officiate the prior act of the first player touching the ball.

Answer 298

RULING – Yes, since B1 did not commit a goaltending violation, the try did not end as a result of the official’s inadvertent whistle. The goal counts. (Rule 6-6)

Answer 299

RULING: The official is permitted to use the official courtside monitor to obtain information of the timer’s mistake when, in his judgment, time has elapsed. The mistake shall be corrected before the start of the intermission for the extra period. (Rules 11-2.1.c.1.c and 11-2.1.c.1.b)

Answer 300

RULING 1: The official should determine the amount of time to be placed back on the game clock from the time the ball actually hit out of bounds or was otherwise caused to be out of bounds. (Rule 11-2.c.1.d). 2: The official should determine the time to be placed back on the game clock from the time the official blew the whistle or otherwise signaled to stop the game clock. (Rule 11-2.1.c.1.d)

Answer 301

RULING: Yes. The shot-clock horn sounded at the expiration of the shot-clock period. Normally, this does not stop play unless recognized by the official’s whistle. The official’s whistle for the shot-clock violation stopped play. However, in the last two minutes of the second period or of any overtime period, the officials may use Instant Replay when a shot-clock violation occurs to determine the correct time to be put back on the game clock from the time the shot-clock violation actually occurred. In this case, the violation occurred with two seconds remaining on the game clock which is the time the officials should put back on the game clock. In games without an official courtside monitor, the official is required to have definite information relative to the time involved to correct the time elapsed. (Rules 11-2.1.c.1.e, 2-11.9, 5-11.1.c, 5-11.2.a and 6-5.1.d)

Answer 302

RULING: The officials are permitted to use the monitor to correct the timer’s mistake. The officials are also permitted to use the monitor to determine if the shot was released before the sounding of the shotclock horn in this play. If it is determined that a shot-clock violation occurred, the official shall put the time back on the game clock when the shot-clock violation actually occurred. (Rules 11-2.1.b.4 and 11-2.1.c.1.e)

Answer 303

RULING 1: Count the basket by Team A, since it occurred within the original shot-clock period. 2: Penalize the fouls appropriately because they also were committed during the original shot-clock period. 3: Team A has committed a shot-clock violation. Award the ball out of bounds to Team B and put two seconds back on the game clock. Cancel the foul unless it was a flagrant 1 or 2 or a technical foul. (Rules 11-2.1.c.2 and 5-12.4

Answer 304

RULING 1: No. The officials are not required to use the monitor since they agree that the ball did not hit the ring or flange. Since the officials had definite information relative to the time that was on the shot clock before it was mistakenly reset, they shall instruct the shot-clock operator to place the correct time on the shot clock and play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. 2: No. By rule, the officials are not required to use the monitor. However, since the officials are unable to determine if the shot clock was improperly reset, they are permitted to use the monitor to make this determination. When it is determined that the shot clock was mistakenly reset, they are permitted to put the correct time back on the shot clock. When it is determined that there has been no mistake in resetting the shot clock, there shall be no adjustment to the shot clock. In both cases, play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. (Rules 11-2.1.c.2 and 5-12.4)

Answer 305

RULING: The officials were correct in using the monitor to determine if a flagrant 2 contact foul occurred. This foul shall be penalized because the official recognized the flagrant 2 foul during the first dead ball after the foul. 1: The foul occurred when the game clock was stopped and the ball was dead because the ball had not yet been placed at the disposal of Team B for the throw-in. When it is determined that a flagrant 2 contact technical foul occurred, A1 shall be assessed a flagrant 2 technical foul and ejected. The foul counts toward the team foul total. Two free throws shall be awarded to Team B and any member of the offended team may shoot the free throws. Play shall resume by awarding the ball to Team B for a throw-in at a designated spot closet to the foul using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. When it was deemed that a flagrant 2 contact technical foul did not occur, a contact dead-ball technical foul may be assessed to A1. In such a case, two free throws are awarded to any eligible team member of the offended team and play shall resume with a throw-in to the offended team using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. 2: The foul occurred when the game clock was stopped and the ball was live because it was at Team B’s disposal for a throw-in. When it is determined that a flagrant 2 personal foul occurred, A1 shall be assessed a flagrant 2 personal foul and ejected. The foul counts toward the team foul total. Two free throws shall be awarded to the offended player (B1). Play shall be resumed by awarding the ball to the offended team where the play was stopped to review the flagrant 2 personal foul. When it was deemed that the flagrant 2 personal foul did not occur, a flagrant 1 personal foul may be assessed to A1. In such a case, two free throws are awarded to the offended player (B1) and play shall resume where the play was stopped to review the act with a throw-in to the offended team. When the act was not deemed to be a fight, a flagrant 1 or 2 foul, or the act occurred outside the statute of limitations, no penalty shall be assessed, and play shall be resumed where the play was stopped to review the act. (Rules 11-2.1.d.1 and .2 and 7-4.7)

Answer 306

RULING: The officials were correct to use the monitor to determine if a fight occurred. Upon review of the play, it is determined that a fight did occur. Since the fight occurred while the game clock was running, the statute of limitation to penalize the fight is before the second live ball after the fight occurred. 1: A2 committed a flagrant 2 personal foul against B2 while the clock was running. After the foul, B1’s successful field goal created the first dead ball as the ball became dead immediately after the score while the clock continued to run. Thereafter, the first live ball was created when the ball was at the disposal of Team A for a throw-in. When the throw-in was completed and A1 committed a violation, the second dead ball was created. Before the ball became live on the subsequent throw-in, the officials reviewed the play and observed the fight. 2: A2 committed a flagrant 2 personal foul against B2 while the clock was running. After the foul, B1’s successful field goal created the first dead ball as the ball became dead immediately after the score while the clock continued to run. The first live ball was then created when the ball was at the disposal of Team A for a throw-in. The second dead ball occurred immediately after A1’s successful goal. Before the ball became live on the subsequent throw-in, the officials stopped play, reviewed the play and observed the fight. In both cases, the fight was observed before the second live ball after the fight so the fight shall be penalized. Player A2 shall be assessed a flagrant 2 personal foul, charged with fighting, ejected and is subject to suspension. The foul counts toward the team foul total. Two free throws shall be awarded to the offended player (B2) and play shall resume where the play was stopped to review the act with a throw-in to the offended team. When it is determined that the foul was not a fight but a flagrant 2 act, a flagrant 2 personal foul may be assessed. This foul counts toward the team foul total. In such a case, two free throws shall be awarded to the offended player (B2) and play shall be resumed where the play was stopped to review the act. A2 shall be ejected, but is not subject to suspension. When it is determined that the foul was not a fight or a flagrant 2 personal foul, a flagrant 1 personal foul may be assessed to A2. In such a case, two free throws are awarded to the offended player (B2) and play shall resume where the play was stopped to review the act with a throw-in to the offended team. When the act was not deemed to be a fight, or a flagrant 2 personal foul, or a flagrant 1 personal foul or the act occurred outside the statute of limitations, no penalty shall be assessed, and play shall be resumed where the play was stopped to review the act. (Rules 11-2.1.d.1 and .2)

Answer 307

RULING: While the officials are permitted to review the monitor to see if a flagrant 2 personal foul occurred, Rule 11-2.1.d.1 states that when it is determined that a flagrant 2 personal foul did not occur but a flagrant 1 personal, contact dead-ball technical foul or common foul did occur, those fouls can be penalized, but no other infractions may be penalized. When the official reports a flagrant 1 personal foul, that foul can be reviewed until the ball becomes live. Since the coach requested a review for a possible flagrant 2 personal foul and no flagrant foul occurred, Team B is charged a timeout. (Rules 11-2.1.d.1 and .4)

Answer 308

RULING: When the officials fail to observe the flagrant act, the monitor may be used to review the act. After the flagrant 2 technical foul by A2, the ball became live when the ball was at the disposal of Team A (first live ball). After Team A completed the throw-in, it committed a violation, creating the first dead ball after the foul. After this violation, the second live ball occurred when the ball was at the disposal of Team B for a throw-in. Team B completed this throw-in, then play was stopped to review the play. Upon review of the play, the officials observed the flagrant 2 technical foul by A2. However, the statute of limitations had expired when the ball became live for the second time after the foul and therefore, the act shall not be penalized. Play shall be resumed where play was stopped to review the play. (Rule 11-2.1.d.1

Answer 309

RULING: Yes. This foul can be downgraded to a flagrant 1 personal foul, contact dead-ball technical or a common foul. When the officials reported the foul as a flagrant 2 foul on A1, that foul can be reviewed until the ball becomes live. (Rule 11-2.1.d.1)

Answer 310

RULING: The official is not permitted to reverse the foul on A1 because there was contact by A1 on B1. The foul may only be reversed when the review indicates that no contact occurred. (Rule 11-2.1.d.1)

Answer 311

RULING: If, after review, the officials determine that B1 invaded A1’s cylinder and that the contact occurred while A1 was attempting a “normal basketball play,” the foul on A1 shall be rescinded. In addition, the officials may assess a foul on B1 or determine that no foul occurred. Play shall resume with free throws awarded to A1 if Team A is in the bonus or by awarding the ball to Team A for a throw-in from a designated spot using the procedures of Rules 7-3.2. There shall be no change to the game clock or shot clock. If no instant replay is available, the officials must stay with the original player-control foul. (Rule 11-2.1.d.1.b and 4-39.1.c and .k) If, after review, the officials determine that B1 faked being fouled, the officials shall rescind the player-control foul against A1 and assess B1 with a Class A technical foul. Play shall be resumed using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 11-2.1.d.1 and .6, 4-39.1.c and. k, and 10-3.1.d)

Answer 312

RULING: The officials may use the monitor to determine if a flagrant personal foul occurred. When the officials discover that A1’s elbow excessively contacted B1 and they are within the time frame to penalize this foul, they shall assess A1 with a flagrant 2 personal foul and A1 shall be ejected. Since the review of the foul occurred during the first dead-ball period following the illegal contact by A1, the officials are within the legal time frame to penalize this flagrant 2 personal foul. B1 will shoot two free throws for the flagrant 2 personal foul charged to A1 with no players on the marked lane spaces. Following these free throws: 1: Play will be resumed with a throw-in to Team B for the flagrant 2 personal foul at a designated spot nearest to where the held ball occurred (the point of interruption). The throw-in is for the flagrant 2 personal foul and not an alternating-possession throw-in so the alternating-possession arrow will not be reversed when the throw-in ends. 2: B2 is awarded one free throw with no players in the marked lane spaces. Following this free throw, play will be resumed with a throwin to Team B for the flagrant 2 personal foul under Team B’s basket, which is the point of interruption. (Rules 11-2.1.d.2 and 7-3.2)

Answer 313

RULING 1: No. When the ball was placed at the disposal of the freethrower to shoot the free throws for the contact dead-ball technical foul against B1, the ball became live. When the ball became live, the period to review the personal and technical fouls has ended. (Rule 11-2.1.d.1.a) 2: Yes. The officials MAY use the monitor to determine if a flagrant 2 contact technical foul occurred. Using the replay equipment, the officials reviewed the game until they discovered that B5 committed a flagrant 2 contact technical foul against A5. This foul occurred when the clock was stopped while the officials assessed the personal and contact dead-ball technical foul to B1. Since B5’s flagrant 2 contact technical foul against A5 occurred when the clock was stopped, the officials have until the first dead ball after the clock was properly started to penalize the act. In this play, the clock has not started since B5’s flagrant 2 act; therefore, the flagrant 2 contact technical foul by B5 shall be penalized. B5 shall be ejected. Team A shall be awarded two free throws for the flagrant technical foul by B5 and awarded the ball for a throw-in using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rules 11-2.1.d.1 and .2.a, and 7-3.2)

Answer 314

RULING: The official is permitted to use the courtside monitor since it is plausible that a flagrant foul may have occurred. In reviewing the play on the monitor, the official ascertained that a flagrant 2 personal foul occurred during a live ball and while the clock was running. The officials deemed the foul to be a fight since it was a confrontational/ combative act by A3. The official shall eject A3 for fighting, notify the coach, report the fight to the scorer, penalize the flagrant 2 personal foul by awarding two free throws to B3 and resume play by awarding the ball to Team B at a designated spot nearest to where play was stopped to review the foul. (Rules 11-2.1.d.1 and .2.b and 7-3.2)

Answer 315

RULING: The official may assess A1 with a flagrant 2 or flagrant 1 foul, keep the original call, determine that no foul occurred or conclude that the foul was actually committed by B1 and assess the appropriate penalty against B1. (Rules 11-2.1.d and 4-15.2.c.1 and .2)

Answer 316

RULING: The official may assess A1 with a flagrant 2 or flagrant 1 foul, keep the original call, determine that no foul occurred, or conclude that the foul was actually committed by B1 and assess the appropriate penalty against B1. (Rules 11-2.1.d and 4-15.2.c.1 and .2)

Answer 317

RULING: There must be a hook and a clamp with the arm by bending the arm at the elbow to prevent the opponent from breaking free. Without a clamp, the contact is probably a common foul (“reach in”) unless there are other factors that raise the contact to a flagrant 1 or flagrant 2. Also, look to see how the hook originally occurred. Was it accidental (no foul) or did there appear to be a purpose for the player initiating the hook. Also, there is no need for the official to determine if there was an attempt to deceive in the part of the player committing the foul. If a hook and hold foul occurred, the rule concludes that there was deceit. (Rules 11-2.1.d and 4-15.1.c)

Answer 318

RULING: The officials may use the monitor to determine if a flagrant personal foul or a flagrant personal foul for illegal elbow contact of the opponent occurred against B1 when they were not looking. When the officials determine that this illegal contact by A1 is not a flagrant 2 personal foul, but is a flagrant 1 personal foul and they are within the time frame to penalize this foul, the officials may assess a flagrant 1 personal foul. Since the review of the foul occurred during the first dead-ball period following the illegal contact by A1, they are within the legal time frame to penalize this foul. Player B1 will shoot two free throws for the flagrant 1 personal foul charged to A1 with no players on the marked lane spaces. Following these free throws, Player A2 will shoot two free throws with no players in the marked lane spaces for the flagrant 1 personal foul charged to B2. Because both penalties involve awarding the ball, play is resumed with a throw-in under Team B’s basket to the team entitled to the alternating-possession arrow. This is where play was stopped to review the monitor, making it the point of interruption. (Rule 11-2.1.d.2)

Answer 319

RULING: Yes, as long as the flagrant foul was committed within the statute of limitations set forth in Rule 11-2.1.d.2. If the officials determine that no flagrant foul was committed or the foul was committed outside of the statute of limitations, the appealing coach shall be charged a timeout. (Rules 11-2.1.d.2 and 11-2.1.d.4)

Answer 320

RULING: Since the try was unsuccessful, there can be no instant replay review. The game shall continue. (Rule 11-2.1.b.4)

Answer 321

RULING: Yes. (Rule 11-2.1.d.7)

Answer 322

RULING: The officials may use instant replay to determine which player caused the ball to be out of bounds. In this case, B1 caused the ball to be out of bounds when he touched the ball while standing on the sideline. B1’s standing out of bounds and slapping the ball off A1’s knee is all part of the same play. Thus, it falls within the scope and intent of the rule and allows the officials to make the appropriate decision as to which player caused the ball to be out of bounds. However, while the officials are at the monitor, if they see that the two acts were separated by time and were not part of the same act, the officials may not re-officiate the prior act of a player being out of bounds. (Rules 11-2.1.e, 11-1.4.c and 7-1.2)

Answer 323

RULING: This is an inadvertent whistle and Team A shall be awarded possession of the ball for a throw-in from a designated spot at the point of interruption using the procedures in Rule 7-3.2. (Rule 11-2.1.e.1)

Answer 324

RULING: No, Rule 11 does not permit a review in either situation. (Rule 11-2.1.e.2.

Answer 325

RULING: When a foul and a try for goal sequentially occur at the expiration of time, the official shall use the monitor to determine whether the foul and the try occurred before the reading of zeros on the game clock. 1: When it is determined that the foul occurred before the reading of zeroes on the game clock but the try was not released before the reading of zeroes, the foul shall be penalized. With the use of the monitor, the official shall be permitted to put the exact time on the game clock as to when the foul occurred. When the officials determine that time should be put back on the game clock, the game has not ended and the goal shall count. When the time of the foul cannot be determined, the official shall be permitted to put the exact time back on the game clock when it can be determined as to when the ball passed through the net. When it is determined with the use of the monitor that both the foul and the try occurred before the reading of zeroes on the game clock or when it should have read zeroes, the foul shall be penalized and the goal shall count. 2: Since the try was unsuccessful, the official shall use the monitor to determine whether the foul occurred before the reading of zeroes on the game clock. When it is determined that the foul occurred before the reading of zeroes, the foul shall be penalized. When it can be determined, the officials shall be permitted to put back on the game clock the exact time as to when the foul occurred. (Rules 11-3.1.a.1 and .3)

Answer 326

RULING 1: When a foul and a try for goal sequentially occur at the expiration of time on the shot clock, the official shall use the monitor to determine whether the foul and try occurred before the sounding of the shot-clock horn. When it is determined that the foul occurred before the expiration of the shot clock but the try was not released before the sounding of the shot-clock horn, the foul shall be penalized. With the use of the monitor, the official shall be permitted to put the exact time on the game clock when the foul occurred. When the officials determine that time should be put back on the game clock, the shotclock horn should never have sounded and the goal shall count. 2: The official shall use the monitor to determine whether the foul occurred before the expiration of time on the shot clock. When it is determined that the foul occurred before the expiration of the shot clock, the foul shall be penalized. When it can be determined, the official shall be permitted to put back on the game clock the time which elapsed since the foul occurred. (Rules 11-3.1.a.1 and .3)

Answer 327

RULING: The officials may use instant replay and a digital hand held stop watch to re-enact the play and determine if the foul by B1 occurred after seven seconds SHOULD have elapsed on the game clock. If the foul occurred after the seven seconds should have elapsed, the period has ended and the foul should be ignored unless it was flagrant. If the foul occurred before zeroes on the game clock (or should have been zeroes on the game clock), the foul should be penalized and time put back on the game clock to when the foul actually occurred. (Rule 11-3.1.a.3)

Answer 328

RULING: It is required for the official to use the monitor to determine if a fight occurred and who participated. In using the monitor, when the official ascertains that an opponent struck a player with the arms (elbows), hands, legs or feet, and if the official concludes that the act was combative and occurred within the prescribed time frame, then he shall deem it a fight. Consequently, the player shall be ejected and the fighting penalty invoked. (Rules 11-3.1.b, 11-2.1.d.2 and 10-5.2)

Answer 329

RULING: In 1, through the use of replay, the officials determine that there is still time remaining in any half or overtime, officials are not permitted to penalize A1 for having been out of bounds. A1’s goal shall count, and play will resume with a throw-in to Team B from any point outside the end line with 0.5 seconds on the game clock. In 2, when officials determine, using replay, that the try was released before the reading of zeroes on the game clock and there is no time remaining when the ball passes through the net, but the shooter’s last foot was in contact with out of bounds, the officials will cancel the goal, place the time on the game clock when A1 stepped out of bounds, and award a designated-spot throw-in to Team B from the out-of-bounds location.