Setting Initial Possession Arrow?

[eg-italy]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

So, in FIBA, is this how it would work?

1) A1 knocks opening tap directly out-of-bounds.
2) B1 inbounds
3) A2 steals the inbounds pass
4) Arrow set to Team B

Yes, until the steal there has been no possession in bounds after the initial jump ball.

Don't ask me why they chose to do this way. The FIBA rule committee has plenty of fantasy. For example they decided that a shot ends whenever the ball strikes the ring; so if after this a defensive player reaches through the basket and touches the ball above ring level, it is only a common violation and not basket interference (in FIBA there is no cylinder above the basket to cope with).

I guess that NFHS and NCAA treat differently the situation in the case proposed by the OP. In NCAA there is team control during a throw-in, so the arrow direction can be established as soon as the ball is handed to the thrower-in. In NHFS there is no team control during a throw-in, so the rule has to mention explicitly the exception. Am I right?