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Originally posted by rcwilco
But would this necessarily be an "unsportsmanship" T or just a T. Minor point but I am curious as I don't think of this as anything more than a T.
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Ron, in NCAA slapping the backboard would be an indirect technical and indirects are never for unsporting behavior. Unsporting technicals are directly charged to the offender. An unsporting T counts as a team foul and toward the offenders 5 fouls for being DQ'd. As I noted above, an indirect T doesn't count against the players 5 or toward the team total.
In HS, unsporting fouls are mentioned (as opposed to delay technicals, for example), but the distinction is irrelevant as the penalty for each technical is the same (unless judged to be flagrant).