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Originally posted by canuckrefguy
Dunno about Fed Rules, but NCAA states:

Rule 4.
Art. 6. Intentional personal foul. An intentional foul shall be a personal foul that, on the basis of an official’s observation of the act, is not a legitimate
attempt to directly play the ball or a player.

Determination of whether a personal foul is intentional shall not be based on the severity of the act. Examples include, but are not limited to:

a. Fouling a player who is away from the ball and not directly involved with the play.

b. Contact with a player making a throw-in.

c. Holding or pushing an opponent in order to stop the game clock.

d. Pushing a player from behind to prevent a score.

e. Causing excessive contact with an opponent while playing the ball.

Really, when a coach is yelling "foul, foul" he's really saying "stop the clock or get the ball back", so calling based on the coaches words (and not the foul) doesn't seem right.

If there is a legitimate, non-flagrant play on the ball, a common personal foul will do IMO.

Your better Coaches when they want a foul will call a specific play such as "Code Red" Or we're in "black" which means "foul em". When to call an Intentional has no bearing on the score, quarter etc.