throw-in

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SAK

During a throw-in, B1 has violated if thrower A1 passes the ball into the court and it is first touched by B1 who has one foot on a boundary line.

Maybe the test is trying to confuse old timers. This used to be a throwin violation on A1.

That's my observation on the possible rationale behind this test question.

For those who would like a shorter, Twitter (less than 140 characters) version of the answer: True.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Maybe the test is trying to confuse old timers. This used to be a throwin violation on A1.

When was this ever a violation by A? Rule reference please?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by SAK

During a throw-in, B1 has violated if thrower A1 passes the ball into the court and it is first touched by B1 who has one foot on a boundary line.

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

When was this ever a violation by A? Rule reference please?

Yes, about twenty-five, or thirty years, ago. The throwin violation was for A1 not throwing the ball directly to a player on the court. Team B would then get possession with a new throwin at the spot of the original throwin. It's true. It's true.

I'll let Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. climb up the stairs into his cold, attic, library to get the proper citations.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Yes, about twenty-five, or thirty years, ago. The throwin violation was for A1 not throwing the ball directly to someone on the court. Team B would then get possession with a new throwin at the spot of the original throwin. It's true. It's true.

I'll let Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. climb up the stairs into his cold, attic, library to get the proper citations.

I hope he does. I've been watching basketball since 1970 and officiating it since 1985 and I don't ever recall that being the rule.

Me thinks you didn't know the rules twenty-five or thirty years ago.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Me thinks you didn't know the rules twenty-five or thirty years ago.

What? You're questioning my ability to remember an obscure fact from twenty-five years ago? Just wait until I find my car keys, because then I'll drive over to your house, in the left lane, with my left turn signal operating the entire trip, and punch you in the nose.

Unfortunately, the rule books in my library only go back as far as 1996-97, so we may have to wait for Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. to mosey on by to get his input on this ancient rule reference.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

I've been watching basketball since 1970 and officiating it since 1985 and I don't ever recall that being the rule.

Now that I've given this some thought, I believe that this may have not actually been a rule, but rather, an ancient, now extinct, casebook play interpretation. An interpretation similar to the way we now interpret the play when thrower-in-er A1 throws the ball completely out of bounds without the ball touching any player on, or off, the court. Now, and back then, this is, and was, not an out of bounds violation, but rather, a throwin violation, with the ball awarded the Team B at the spot of the original throwin, not at the spot where the ball goes out of bounds.

BktBallRef: I apologize for threatening to punch you in the nose. I woke in a crotchety, cranky, ill tempered, mood this morning, like the mood that I wake up in every morning. Now that I've yelled at the neighborhood kids to get off my lawn, I'm in a much better mood.