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Nevada references the appropriate NFHS Casebook Play, but the key word in the highlighted sections is "may". The word "may" is does not mean the Game official "shall" place the ball at the free throw line.
The CBP says that the Shooter "refuses" to accept the ball from the Administering Official. It is one thing for the Shooter to look at the Official and tell him he doesn't want the ball, but it is a completely different thing for the Shooter to make a deliberate effort to aviod catching the ball after the Official has released the ball on his pass to the Shooter. A few years ago I had a shooter turn around and walk completely out of the Free Throw Circle to talk to a teammate when I was ready to pass the ball to him; that was a TF then and it would be a TF today.
MTD, Sr.
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Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Trumbull Co. (Warren, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Wood Co. (Bowling Green, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Ohio Assn. of Basketball Officials
International Assn. of Approved Bkb. Officials
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Toledo, Ohio
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