Can a penalty assessed in one quarter carry over to the next?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by walter
Happened to me and my partners last night and I'd like some more opinions regarding how we should have administered the following. A1 fouls B1 just before the horn sounds to end the third quarter. Team B in the bonus. The foul clearly was before the horn so we are going to shoot 1 and 1. A1, however, decides that he didn't like the call and decides to tell my partner about it (no way his comments could be ignored). My partner bangs him. Team A has the arrow. B1 shoots the 1 and 1 with no one on the line and then B5 shoots the free throws for the technical foul. The three of us get together to discuss the throw-in to start the 4th quarter. My two partners state that B should get the ball as a result of the technical foul penalty (2 shots and the ball). I stated that the technical was part of the 3rd quarter, it just happened to take place after the horn but before we had completed all of the action from the 3rd quarter (i.e. the 1 and 1). Therefore, I believe that we should start the 4th quarter with the arrow which would give the ball to A. My rationale is this, the 3rd quarter had ended when we finshed the last of the free throws for the technical. We were not starting the 4th with a technical foul since all activity from the 3rd was over. A's ball because of the AP arrow. We discussed it more after the game and all agreed we weren't entirely sure.

First, kudos to recognizing that the technical was still part of the third quarter. Most guys (I think) would not have caught that.

Second, a part of a penalty cannot carry over from one period to the next. Since the horn had sounded to end the third quarter, there can be no throw in after the technical free throws were taken. Use the AP arrow to start the next quarter as usual.

Good job.