Help a bunch of coaches with a question on inbounding

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Originally posted by coachgbert
The only thing anyone has told me is "If the ref hands the girl the ball, she must inbound from that spot; if the girl retrieves the ball and the ref does not hand it to her, she can run the baseline." Is that correct?

This is incorrect because if there is a made basket and then a timeout the team will still have the option to run the endline after the timeout. This is also true if there is a violation or foul, the official hands the ball to the player but he/she still has the option to run.