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					Originally Posted by just another ref  No violation if it hits the rim. | 
	
 Absolutely correct - no exceptions.  A few years ago, in an 8th grade boys rec game, I had a kid do this in the last minute of a game.  The ball hit the rim and bounced back directly at a defensive player's head.  It hit his head and almost bounced up into the basket.  It just missed - in fact, it hit the backboard and then the front of the rim.  If it would have gone in, I would have been searching the stands for someone who had it on video.