2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA

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RULE 4 / DEFINITIONS
i. Simultaneous technical foul. A simultaneous technical foul occurs when
there is a technical foul committed by each team, at approximately the
same time, but not by opponents against each other.
Art. 4. False double foul. A false double foul occurs when there are fouls by
both teams, the second of which occurs before the game clock is started after it
is stopped for the first.
Art. 5. Multiple foul. A multiple foul occurs when two or more teammates
commit personal fouls against the same opponent at approximately the same time.
Art. 6. False multiple foul. A false multiple foul occurs when there are two or
more fouls by the same team such that the last foul is committed before the game
clock is started after it is stopped for the first, and such that at least one of the
attributes of a multiple foul is absent.
Section 30. Free Throw
Art. 1. A free throw is the privilege given a player to score one point by an
unhindered try for goal from within the free-throw semicircle and behind the
free-throw line.
Art. 2. A free throw starts when the ball is placed at the disposal of the freethrower.
Art. 3. A free throw ends when:
a. The try is successful;
b. It is certain the try will not be successful;
c. The try touches the floor or any player; or
d. The ball becomes dead.
Section 31. Fumble
Art. 1. A fumble shall be the accidental loss of player control when the ball
unintentionally drops or slips from a player’s grasp.
Art. 2. A fumble may be legally recovered by any player.
Section 32. Game Clock
The game clock shall be the official, visible timepiece on which the time
remaining in a period shall be displayed.
Section 33. Goal
Art. 1. A goal shall be made when:
a. A live ball that is not a throw-in enters the basket from above and remains
in or passes through the basket; or
b. A free throw enters the basket from above and remains in or passes
through the basket.
Art. 2. Whether the game clock is running or stopped shall have no bearing on
the counting of a goal.
Section 34. Goaltending
Art. 1. Goaltending occurs when a defensive player touches the ball during a
field-goal try and each of the following conditions is met: (Exceptions: Rules
10-3.6; 10-6.1.i)
a. The ball is on its downward flight; and