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Originally posted by paxsonref
slightly off topic, has anyone actually ever given a shooting foul from halfcourt or beyond? That would be something to see!
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No - but I've seen one called. D-I, last game of the regular season, A1 heaves a halfcourt shot near the buzzer, and there's a bit of contact. B1 gets called for the foul, and A1 goes to the line for three shots.
Here's where it gets tricky.
First of all, I don't think the contact merited a foul (I'm a fan for A1) - the game was clearly over, A1 was just having fun, and it was light contact anyways.
Second, the clock read :00.0 when stopped after the whistle (no PT). I thought I heard the horn go off (this was a few seasons ago when the ruling was to go off of the horn, not the light), but we had a system where stopping the clock also cuts off the horn. (Note to AD's everywhere - do NOT get a system like this! The best kind are where stopping the clock after the horn has sounded makes the horn sound even longer.) Of course, there was no way for us to turn the clock back on to check whether any time remained, as that would have caused that miniscule amount of time to expire.
Third, A1 made some of the FT's, which later allowed him to set a school scoring record. Eventually, I think it was moot because we played far enough into post-season that he broke it comfortably, though.