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NFHS Basketball Rule Changes — 2001-02

By Jim Dixon
May 3, 2001


Change in the Throw-in Procedure
As all basketball referees know, violations or fouls on a throw-in require that the ball be put back in play with a spot throw-in by the other team. Normally this works without penalizing either team, but what if a team (Team B) has just scored and B2 - now on defense - violates the boundary plane (R 9-2-11), or kicks the ball (R 9-4), or fouls A2 on the throw-in? NFHS Rules 7-4-6 and 7-5-2 required a spot throw-in from out-of-bounds (OOB).
The new change will incorporate verbiage that will allow a team to run the end line (no spot throw-in) when a violation or foul is committed by the scoring team immediately following a made basket. The change will be similar to the NCAA rules (7-5.5, A.R. 9, and 7-5.6, A.R. 10). Supposedly, R 7-5-2 and R 7-5-5 will also change.