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Originally posted by John Crow:
A1 gets pocession under his own basket and throws the ball the length of the court. It bounces high outside the 3 point line and goes thru the hoop. The buzzr sounds. Is it a 2 or 3 pointer? It bounces - the buzzer sounds - and it goes thru the hoop. Is it good?
Your question is posed 2 ways. In both ways, the "try" (throw from beneath the basket the length of the court) ended when the ball touched the floor (NFHS 4.40.4).
The first way sounds like the ball goes through the basket BEFORE the buzzer sounds.
If the buzzer had not sounded prior to the ball entering the basket, it would have counted only 2 points since it was not a "try from beyond the three-point line." However, it would have been a live ball going through the basket; therefore, score 2 points for the team into whose basket the ball enters.
In the second way, you say that it bounces, the buzzer sounds, and then it goes through the basket.
In this situation, there is NO score. Since the ball was no longer in flight on a try for a field goal, the ball became dead immediately when the buzzer for the end of the period sounded (NFHS 6.7.6).
I can see where the coach thought of the play as an interesting conversation piece.