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Originally Posted by BillyMac
At one time, I believe that the NFHS had us trying to distinguish between a legal try, and an alleyoop pass, both from behind the three point arc, where the alleyoop pass happend to go in. Three points for the legal try. Two point for the alleyoop. Now the NFHS allows us to credit three points in both cases. I'm not 100% sure about this. I'm positive I'll find out soon if I'm wrong.
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In reality, they didn't eliminate the ambiguity, they just relocated it to a less common point.
These cases (a ball that hits the backboard and a thrown ball that goes in) are not defined to actually be tries but are treated as if they were in some specific respects.
The ball that hits the backboard is a try for the purposes of being able to dribble again....nothing else. Nothing declares it a try and nothing says that anything else about a try applies except for the player being able to catch the ball and dribble again.
The thrown ball that goes in is, likewise, not defined as a try but is merely counted as 3 points. So, again, any other element that is associated with the action being defined as a try is unchanged....we still have to decide. As rare as the thrown ball going it is, the complicating situations are that much more uncommon. So, we have to make a judgement far more infrequently. For example, a foul while the ball is in flight makes the ball dead unless the it is a try.