Question for the real long timers

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mregor

I remember as a player the ball had to hit the rim for the shooter to rebound without the ball hitting the floor. Could have been local rule though.

Originally Posted by just another ref

I was in high school in the mid to late 70's. I don't know what the rule was, but that was one of those things:

"EVERYBODY knows you can't do that."

Of course, while it may have been called like that in some areas and I've seen it called like that in games I've watched and by partners in games I've worked, it has never been the rule in NFHS. It is also not the rule in NCAA. It is, however, the rule in the NBA. And that is where the confusion comes from.