Pregame dunking - is it being well enforced?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bearclause

I remember once seeing a pregame ritual (right in front of the officials) before the CIF state championship in Sacramento where one team was alley-ooping it repeatedly and getting within inches of the rim by dropping it from just above the rim. A coach I know who saw it thought that it should have been called at least once for breaking the spirit of the rule.

Another coach that doesn't know the rules.....

Dropping the ball in is NOT dunking as defined under both NCAA and NFHS rules. To be dunked by definition, the ball must be driven, forced or pushed through the basket. Simply dropping the ball down from above is legal and always has been legal. And that's also the spirit, or purpose and intent of the rule as written.

And no, it ain't offensive basket interference either for having a hand in contact with a ball in the cylinder. There's also a rules exception covering that action.