timeout while in the air going OOBs

[justacoach]

Originally Posted by Splute

Agree it is legal in High School, but I thought I had read a specific case play or interp on it. Thanks for the help.

You may be somewhat influenced by this thread from 2006 when the NCAA precluded a TO being granted when the controlling player was in jeopardy of goinng OOB or into BC
granting time-out as player goes oob

The operative fed ruling is 5-8-3 which places no limiting requirement for granting a TO aside from player control.
Casebook cite here further amplifies that an airborne player with control can be granted a TO

5.8.3 SITUATION D: A1 or A2 requests a time-out: (a) while airborne A1 is
holding the ball; (b) while A1’s throw-in is in flight toward A2; or (c) when the ball is on the floor at A1’s disposal for a throw-in. RULING: The request is granted in (a) and (c), but denied in (b), as there is no player control while the ball is loose between players.
I'll defer to Nevada to provide us an oldy, moldy interp from the archives but, IIRC, this situation has never been treated with in view of the clarity of 5-8-3.
HTH