Offensive rebound question
 

On a free throw of course, the ball must hit the rim for the offensive team to be able to get an offensive rebound. How about though in a non free throw situation, specifically if Player A shoots the ball and only hits the backboard, can Player A still get his own rebound and put it back in for a score? Thanks.

--Bob
Arlington, VA

From the NFHS casebook:

4.44 SITUATION B: A1 attempts a try after ending the dribble. The try does not touch the backboard, the rim or any other player. A1 runs and is able to catch the ball before it strikes the floor. Is this traveling? RULING: No. When A1 recovered his/her own try, A1 could either dribble, pass or try again. There was no team control after the ball was released on a try. (4-12; 4-41)


The NCAA rule is the same as the HS one.

RULE 4, Section 66

A.R. 105.

Nevadaref quoted you the correct rules but I think he thought you asked what happens if the ball doesn't hit the backboard. The answer is the same whether it does or doesn't hit the backboard (NF and NCAA). Once the try is attempted, there is no team control and it is a "free" ball for anyone, including the original shooter, to get.

I responded the way that I did because, as you wrote, it doesn't make any difference whether the ball contacts the backboard or not, except in the NBA. The play is perfectly legal in HS and college either way.

I figured that giving the OP the exact rules, which he could read and interpret for himself was the best way to go. IOW, I was hopeful that given the proper information, he could answer his own question.

Not only that, the ball must hit the rim for the "defensive" team to get a rebound. ;)

The title of the thread is "Offensive rebound question". Well, I for one, don't find this question the least bit offensive. You're gonna have to work a lot harder than this if you want to get a rise out of us, harford!:D

Air Ball ????
 

The shooter can retrieve his or her own airball, if the referee considers it to be a shot attempt. The release ends team control. It is not a violation for that player to start another dribble at that point. When an airborne player keeps control of an attempted shot that is blocked and is unable to release the ball and returns to the floor with it, that player has not traveled; it is a jump ball. If, in this situation, the shooter releases the ball, then this is simply a blocked shot and play continues.

Juulie:

Well, aren't you just the cat's pajama's. :D

MTD, Sr.

Did Old School write that for you?

JR:

I went back and edited my post. LOL

MTD, Sr.

Good. Your next assignment now is to look up the correct spelling of "pajamas" in the dictionary.:D

Maybe Mark's secretly a University of Houston fan and they're Phi Slamma Jamma Pajammas.

JR:

Oops! I guess I shouldn't have drank all of those Bahama Mamma's before I wrote that post. I corrected my spelling too. LOL

MTD, Sr.

You mean "Bahamma Mmamma's"? :D

Bahama Mammas.

It's not possessive.