Referee Magazine - November 2006

[tjones1]

Play: A1 commits a personal foul against B2 during B2's unsuccessful try for goal. Following the foul, but prior to free throws being shot, A1 and B2 exchange words and are assessed double technical fouls for unsporting behavior. A1 has foul personal fouls prior to the technical foul being called. How is the play resumed?

Ruling: The technical foul against A1 is a direct technical foul, and this counts toward A1's five personal fouls. A1 is immediately disqualified and is not allowed to shoot the free throws resulting from B2's personal foul. Any team A substitute shall shoot the two feel throws for A1. The double technical fouls are offsetting, and no free throws are shot for the technical fouls. In NFHS, the foul are penalized in the order they occured. A1's substitute will attempt the two free throws for B2's original personal foul with no players on the lane line. An alternating possession throw-in will then be made at the division line opposite table.


So it appears they totally confused A1 and B2. A1 committed the original foul, thus B2 should be shooting free throws. In the situation, it states prior to free throws being shot, which suggests B2 was in the act of shooting when he was fouled.

However, in their last statement, they state they are using the AP at the division line opposite table. Why are they using this? If the technicals canceled each other out (which they did), why wouldn't the POI be the free throws per 4-36-2b?