You make this call, too

[Hawks Coach]

Originally posted by APHP
It is too late for me too look up all the info I need to show/convince you that once the ball is releaed on a throw-in the defender can reach across the end line. I will complete this post tomorrow. But as food for thought, when does the throw-in count end??? Why does it end at this time?
All fouls/violations concerning a throw-in in the rule/case book are all when team A has the ball in their possession (not team control) but possession. Once the ball is released it's anyone's ball. There is a case play in a NFHS manual I have. I will look it up tommorow report back to you as to what book & year. Also, here is South Carolina it is on the SCBOA (South Carolinas Basketball Officials Association) examination just about every year. Trust me coach!! Or you will lose this one.

First, I trust you - cause I was the first to say it wasn't a T

Citations from 9-2-11. . . The opponent(s) of the thrower shall not have any part of his/her person through the inbounds side of the throw-in boundary-line plane until the ball has been released on a throw-in pass.

Penalty (Article 11 only):
1. The first violation of the throw-in boundary-line plane by an opponent(s) of the thrower shall result in a team warning for delay being given (one warning per team per game). The warning does not result in the loss of the opportunity to move along the end line when and if applicable.
2. The second or additional violations will result in a technical foul assessed to the offending team. See 10-1-10 Penalty.
3. If an opponent(s) of the thrower reaches through the throw-in boundary-line plane and touches or dislodges the ball, a technical foul shall be charged to the offender. No warning for delay required. See 10-3-12 Penalty.


It is clearly a violation to step on the line. But I think it is a big stretch to think that a defender standing on the line and touching a released ball is a T. 10-3-2 cross references the violation in 9-2-3. Although 9-2- penalty 3 does not give all of the details of the violation, the penalty section on breaking the plane references the violation in 9-2-11, which says you cannot penetrate plane until ball released. So I think it is wrong to think that the penalty provision changes the meaning of 9-2-11.

If the defender was on the throw-in line prior to the throw and you want to call it, you have a warning 1st, then a T thereafter. If the defender touches the line and catches the ball after it is released, you have nothing but a common OOB violation.

BTW - does anyone know why repeated violations of 9-2-9/10 are a T? These are violations by the thrower which cause a turnover. No loss of advantage (as there is when the defender breaks the plane). Why is there a need on these particular violations to render an extra penalty? Coach is going to run their butt off in practice the next day anyway if they keep screwing up. That and the turnover should be penalty enough!