Test question help

[bradfordwilkins]

So then if the throw-in started from outside the 3 point arc, is it a 2 or 3?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by bradfordwilkins

So then if the throw-in started from outside the 3 point arc, is it a 2 or 3?

Surely you jest.

[Back In The Saddle]

NFHS 9-11 Penalty 1. If the violation is at the opponent’s basket, the opponents are awarded one point if during a free throw, three points if during a three-point try and two points in any other case.

A throw-in is not a try

NFHS 4-41-2 "A try for field goal is an attempt by a player to score two or three points by throwing the ball into a team’s own basket. A player is trying for goal when the player has the ball and in the official’s judgment is throwing or attempting to throw for goal. It is not essential that the ball leave the player’s hand as a foul could prevent release of the ball."

I believe that technically every throw-in starts outside the three point arc as the definition of the three point line indicates that it ends at the inside edge of the OOB line.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bradfordwilkins

So then if the throw-in started from outside the 3 point arc, is it a 2 or 3?

A player eighty feet away from the basket throws the ball into the air as high as it can possibly go without hitting the ceiling. The trajectory of the ball is such that the ball reaches the apex of its arc, and then descends in such a manner that it bounces about two inches behind the three point line, bouncing high into the air, after which it enters the basket. Two points, because the try ends when the throw is certain to be unsuccessful, or when the thrown ball touches the floor. Also, if the horn ending the period sounds while the ball is in the middle of its trajectory from the floor to the basket, before it enters the basket, then the ball becomes dead, and the basket will not count.