Yes - the NBA rule is different. In high school and college you can "catch your own airball".
Basically, as long as the referee determines that the player has made a legitimate attempt ("try") for a goal (versus passing to himself) then there is no restriction on that same player retreiving the ball - even if it has hit nothing!
The reasoning behind this is that once a shot is taken there is no longer any team nor player control. Therefore, the player cannot travel because you have to have control of the ball in order to travel.
Later,
Brad
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