[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

I am going to address this play as if it were a rules test question and not get into a discussion about how to handle it during a real game because that is a whole different ballgame. I do believe that as a rules test question it serves as a good example for knowing our definitions.

A1 drives to the basket and shoots the ball while airborne. A1 then continues on in the air and makes illegal contact with B1 who had a legal position on the floor prior to A1 going airborne. A1's contact with B1 is a common foul under NFHS/NCAA rules. The ball does not necessarily become dead because of the A1's foul. The double foul by A2 and B2 does not complicate this play because the double foul was committed before the common foul by A1.

Under NFHS/NCAA rules this play is a false double foul. The double foul by A2 and B2 is the first foul in the play. The common foul by A1 against B1 is the second foul in the play. When a false double foul occurs, they are penalized in the order that they occurs, and the ball is put into play as if the last foul in the false double foul is the only foul that occurs.

Since the common foul by A1 is the last foul in the false double foul, we put the ball into play for that foul only.

Under NFHS/NCAA Women's rules, A1's foul is a player control foul, the ball became dead immediately. If the ball went through the basket, no score would count. Team B would get the ball out of bounds along the end line under Team A's basket for a designated spot throw-in.

Under NCAA Men's rules the ball does not become dead immediately. If the ball went through the basket, Team A would be created with a field goal. If Team B is in the bonus, B1 would go to the line for free throws. If Team B is not in the bonus, Team B would get the ball out of bounds along the end line under Team A's basket for a designated spot throw-in.