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Rule Reference NFHS 10-3-5b. specifically states that intentionally slapping or striking the backboard or causing the ring to vibrate while a try or tap is in flight or is touching the backboard, or is in the basket, or is in the cylinder above the basket, you charge the player with a player technical. The rule makes no mention of the ball on the rim.
Rule Reference NFHS 9-11-1 states that basket interference occurs when a player...touches the ball or basket, (including the net), when the ball is on or within either basket. There is no mention of the backboard. My interpretation of this rule would make the backboard part of the basket, thereby making the striking of the backboard while the ball is on the rim, basket interference, that maybe subject to debate. There is no mention of intentionally striking the backboard. There is an exception to this rule if the player's hand is in legal contact with the ball.
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