The dog barks.

[Rich]

High School Basketball: The Barking Dog Play Is Idiotic, Effective

[Adam]

Hasn't the NFHS determined this to be unsporting?

[Rich]

Yeah, Struckhoff ruled it was an unsporting technical foul.

But still funny to watch on video.

[Drizzle]

I knew I read an interpretation somewhere that ruled this illegal, so I googled it.

Thanks to Nevadaref's post on the NFHS Board:

I have now found a better source of documentation for this ruling. The NFHS put it in print in the 2006-07 Basketball Preseason Guide on page 5.

"Play 1: Late in the game, A2 is inbounding the ball on the end line in his or her own frontcourt. In an effort to deceive the other team, A4 lines up near the sideline on his or her hands and knees and begins to simulate a barking dog. As the Team B players turn to look at A4, A2 throws the ball to A5 who makes an uncontested layup.
Ruling 1: The official shall stop play, wave off Team A's basket and issue an unsporting technical foul to A4. Team B will shoot two free throws and have the ball for a designated-spot throw-in at the division line opposite the table."

[Adam]

Interesting they want you to wave off the basket after it's been scored. You don't even do that for 6 on the court.

[SAK]

Im assuming that you would wave off the basket because it was discovered before the basket was scored although it may have caught the official by surprise and thus had a delay in the T. With 6 on the court if you catch it as the ball is on the way in and assess the tech then. The ball falls thru you would wave the basket off then. It would be immediatly when the T is recognized.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Interesting they want you to wave off the basket after it's been scored.

There was no goal scored. The ball became dead when the player started acting like a dog.

[26 Year Gap]

Ha! Ha! A Petco banner ad at the start of this thread!

[mutantducky]

ha ha, that video was great. I bet he volunteered to do it.

[26 Year Gap]

Just hope their team mascot is not a hydrant.