Is it a shooting foul?

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Nevadaref
This is an example of a true block/charge play. Although most people, especially TV announcers, use block/charge when refering to plays in which the call is going to be a blocking foul or a player control foul.

Those player control fouls on a drive to the basket are usually still block or charge. The charge is just committed by the player with the ball. So we give the PC signal, instead of the charge signal. I know you knowt this, I just don't want people to think "Oh, that crash on the drive isn't actually a charge". It's a charge (usually), charged to the player in control of the ball.

(Team control in NCAA)

It's still a PC foul in NCAA if the contact occurs before the shot is released. (For women, it's also a PC if the contact occurs after the try is released.) It's also a team control foul, obviously, but it's still a PC.