[BillyMac]

I didn't get any interest on this (below) as a slight twist in the recent "NFHS Closely Guarded Rule History" thread, so I figured I would give it a try as it's own thread.

This was on an IAABO Refresher Exam about fifteen years ago. B1 closely guards ball handler A1. A1 dribbles around a screen legally set by A2, screener A2 is momentarily between A1, and B1, but B1 is still within six feet of A1 the entire time. Five seconds elapse and the official calls a five second closely guarded violation on A1. Is the official correct?

It's kind of fuzzy, but I thought that I answered, "Yes", and got it wrong. IAABO may have admitted that it was a bad answer, and I believe that it was due to a difference between the NCAA rule, and the NFHS rule. IAABO confused? Who would have guessed?

What is the right answer for NFHS, and is it any different for NCAA?