Rule Citation - Throw-in goes out-of-bounds

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Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You can remember this by noting that it's the inbounder's responsibity to throw the ball so that it's touched by another player.

However, the player does not have to be in bounds for the throw in to be legal. If the ball was lobbed over a players head and bounced in bounds, and the player giving chase tried to save it but the player was out of bounds when he/she touched the ball, the throw in is legal and the ball is awarded out of bounds where the player tried (but failed) to save it.