Lane Markers

[Just Curious]

California, High School.... Our association is having a little trouble in deciding whether or not the person under the basket, adjacent the baseline, can legally place a foot on the "large" hash mark dividing the non-shooter lanes during a free throw? Hope this makes some kind of sense....

[hoopsrefBC]

My understand is that the defensive rebounder in location spot #1 my place their foot on the large block that divides spots 1 and two. This is now an official NCAA rule.

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SH

[Hawks Coach]

NCAA is different than NFHS. In high school, the entire block (neutral zone mark) is off limits during a free throw. In NCAA, the block is part of first lane space.

NF references are as follows

5-2
The lane-space marks (2 inches by 8 inches) and neutral-zone marks (12 inches by 8 inches) identify areas which extend 36 inches from the outer edge of the lane lines toward the sidelines. There are four marked lane spaces on each lane boundary line.

9-1-9
A player occupying a marked lane space may not have either foot beyond the vertical plane of the outside edge of any lane boundary, or beyond the vertical plane of any edge of the space (2 inches by 36 inches) designated by a lane-space mark or beyond the vertical plane of any edge of the space (12 inches by 36 inches) designated by a neutral zone.

Anybody have NCAA rules reference?

[Ron Pilo]

Don't have a reference but HawksC oach is correct. In NCAA basketball the block is no longer an issue on freethrows. If fact the inside player can use the "ENTIRE" block.

[rpwall]

Check out NCAA 8-1-7 which says:

"The opponents of the free-thrower occupying the lane spaces adjacent to the end line shall be permitted to position themselves up to the edge of the block that is farthest from the end line."