[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I go back to 1979 and the throwin spot was always nearest the backcourt violation. Before 1979? Ask Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. He know rules back to 1891. Really. Ask him.

In the ancient times, for violations by the free-throw shooting team and for violations where the ball goes through the basket immediately following the violation, i.e., A1 commits a traveling violation while shooting the ball and the ball goes through the basket, the penatly throw-in was a designated throw-in by the non-offending team on the sideline where the free throw line extended intersects the sideline in the non-offending team's backcourt. This rule was changed sometime in the 1980's.

MTD, Sr.