Yes they can happen. But it is rare you ever see it or it is advocated to be called.

Peace

I have to wonder if the NCAA wording was changed. I'll have to do some checking.
Otherwise, it seems terribly unfair that a defensive player cannot touch such a ball, but an offensive player may. Where's the balance?

I've never seen it, but it could happen.

Not high school...this happened last year in an NBA game...Noah was correctly called for goaltending:

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I dunno man, that color guy sounded pretty convincing.

Don't you just love how the guys getting paid to announce the game don't know the difference between BI and GT and keep talking about how the player touched the ball while it was outside of the cylinder? :(

Btw I don\'t know much about NBA rules, but if this video has any credence, then per the info in this thread there is offensive GT in both Hs and the NBA, but not in the NCAA. That would be strange.