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Originally posted by Oz Referee
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The offense has to inbound the ball within 5 seconds. For it not to be a violation, the inbound must touch a player within this time. So if the ball is rolled the length of the court, and no player touches it, it is still a 5 second violation.
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That may be the FIBA rule, but in NF (US High School rules) and NCAA, the ball only has to be released within 5 seconds. Once it's released directly onto the playing court, it can bounce for the whole half (or quarter) until the clock runs out. (I'll let somebody else talk about "actionless contests".)
Chuck