NCAA Rule Clarification

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by aschramm

Hey guys,
I was just at a D-1 game tonight (UW-Green Bay @ UW-Milwaukee, Horizon League). Late in the game A0 for Milwaukee drove in the lane, made contact with a B defender, scored the basket and was called for a foul. The basket counted, and then B took over possession from the foul. I'm assuming the call would have been a player control foul? I didn't have the best look since it was happening away from me, but A0 probably shot the ball, and made contact with the B defender in the air. Could someone please post the difference between Player Control and a Charge? THANKS

Player control ends after a player has released the ball for a field goal attempt or a pass in NCAA Men's Rules. If A0, after releasing the ball for a field goal attempt, makes contact with B1 while the ball was live, the official must determine whether the contact is illegal or incidental. If the contact is illegal it is a foul. The foul is a person foul and can either be a common (but not a player control or team control) foul, an intentional foul, or a flagrant foul.

It the play you described it was ruled a common foul and Team B was not in the bonus so it received the ball for a throw-in for A0's foul.

A player control foul is a common foul committed by a player who is control (holding or dribbling) of the ball. See NCAA R4-S29-A2.a.1.

The definition of charging is found in NCAA R4-S10-A1: "Charging is illegal personal contact by pushing or moving into an opponent’s torso."

MTD, Sr.