[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Whether this game is played under NFHS or NCAA rules determines how this situation is handled.

RockyRoad is correct in stating that the contact by B1 is NOT a technical foul. What he should have included is that the contact by B1 is a personal foul (by rule this foul is either an intentional foul or a flagrant foul, a judgement decision by the administering official); this is the same under both NFHS and NCAA rules.


Under both NFHS and NCAA rules you have a false double foul situation:

NFHS: Technical foul by Team B (see below) followed by a personal (see official's judgement above) foul by B1 followed by a technical foul by Team A.

NCAA: Personal foul by B1 followed by a technical foul by Team A.


NFHS: The penalties for the foul are administered in the order that the fouls were committed. Team B had been issued a team warning the first time B1 reached thru the boundary-line plane (R4-S46-A1 and R9-S2-A11); therefore when B1 made contact with A1, two fouls were committed at the same time (in this case a false multiple foul; see R4-S19-A11): 1) a technical foul by Team B per R4-S46-A1 and R10-S1-A10; and a personal foul by B1. The false multiple foul by Team B was then followed by a technical foul by Team A.

The penalties for the fouls are administered in the order that the fouls were committed. 1) Any player(s) from Team A will shoot a total of two free throws for the technical foul by Team B. 2) A1 shots two free throws for the penalty for B1 personal foul. 3) Any player(s) from Team B will shoot a total of two free throws for the technical foul by Team A; Team B then has possession (not control) of the ball for a throw-in at the division line opposite the Scorer's/Timer's Table.

One final note: All of three fouls will count toward the team foul totals of each team. A2 is not guilty of any foul, and B1 is guilty of only a personal foul.


NCAA: Under NCAA rules there are no official warings given to a player for reaching thru the boundary-line plane during a throw-in; it is just a throw-in violation. The penalties for the fouls are not administered in the order that the fouls were committed. 1) Any player(s) from Team B will shoot a total of two free throws for the technical foul by Team A. 2) A1 shots two free throws for the penalty for B1 personal foul; then Team A gets possession of the ball for a throw-in nearest the spot of the personal foul by B1. The technical foul by Team A does not count toward Team A's team foul totals; A2 is not guilty of any foul. B1 is guilty of only a personal foul and this foul does count toward Team B's team foul totals.


It should be noted that nder both NFHS/NCAA rules Team A is guilty of a technical foul adding A2's name to the book, only if this is the first addition/correction to the scorebook after the game has started.


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