worst FT violation ever
 

dont ask me how this happened but it did today in a varsity boys tourney.

first of 2 FT's and ball ends up coming to rest on the flange between the backboard and the rim - not lodged but just sitting there on that piece of metal....

Well I just called it a violation but I wasn't sure about that (the only thing I was sure about was that the shooter will not get a redo). Coach asked me why it was a violation and I told him that technically it wouldn't be a violation but a jump ball but since its the first of 2 its counted as a "miss". He asked me what would have happened had it been the second and I said "jump ball - alternating arrow" - the only reason I think this is because the ball is live and there is nothing in the rule book for this being a violation.

did i kick it?

Right call, amazing that you got there with your reasoning.

This situation is covered by 6-7-3, 4-20-3, and 6-4-3d.

In this case you have a FT, which becomes dead by virtue of the ball coming to rest on the flange. That FT is now over. The result would be a held ball and play resumed by the arrow if it were the final FT attempt, but since another FT is to follow, the game continues with the administration of that.

Of course, it is not a violation.