Ball goes through bottom of hoop

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by Back In The Saddle

However, the comment in the handbook states that it's basket interference regardless of how the ball came to be in the basket (i.e., doesn't matter if it got in the basket from the top or the bottom). It may not be what the rulesmakers envisioned, but it's what they published to the world.

That has been my point all along. When we get into these debates on the rules I always argue based on what is written in the NFHS rules book, not what was meant, or was implied, or was left out, or is in the NCAA manual, etc.

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

I'm saying that the NFHS rulesmakers never contemplated putting in a rule that would allow us to award points on a play like this where it would otherwise always be impossible for those points to be scored.

Sorry, JR, but we have already quoted you 9.11.2 Sit C to disprove this statement.

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Coming from below,you can never meet that definition--because if it does clear the ring from below,it's an immediate violation.

It is the part of this statement in italics, which I believe is wrong, that started this entire thread. You cannot support this view with the rules book. The ball must clear THE BASKET, which means the net too!