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

RULE 4 / DEFINITIONS59
reference to these two situations shall be the same as at the time the player was
last in contact with the floor or an extension of the floor, such as a bleacher.
Art. 3. When the ball touches an official or a player who is on the playing court,
play shall continue as if the ball touched the floor at that individual’s location.
Section 47. Multiple Free Throw
A multiple free throw is a succession of free throws attempted by the same team.
Section 48. Pass
A pass is movement of the ball caused by a player who throws, bats or rolls the
ball to another player. In order for a pass to be completed, the ball shall touch
another player.
Section 49. Penalty
Art. 1. A penalty for a foul is the charging of the offender with the foul and
awarding one or more free throws, and/or awarding the ball to the opponent for
a throw-in. For any flagrant 2 foul, the penalty includes ejection of the offender.
Art. 2. The penalty for a violation is the awarding of the ball to the opponent for
a throw-in, one or more points or a substitute free throw.
Section 50. Pivot
A pivot takes place when a player who is holding the ball steps once or more than
once in any direction with the same foot, while the other foot, called the pivot
foot, is kept at its point of contact with the playing court.
Section 51. Player
A player is one of five or fewer members of a team’s personnel who is legally on
the playing court to participate. An individual shall retain player status during a
timeout.
Section 52. Playing Court
The playing court is the area on the floor that lies within the geometrical lines
formed by the inside edge of the boundary lines.
Section 53. Point of Interruption
Art. 1. Point of interruption is the point in a game in which a stoppage in play
occurs. The point of interruption is based on both the location of the ball and the
team in control and is used to determine where to resume play because of:
a. An official’s inadvertent whistle, as in Rules 4-39 and 7-5.16.
b. An interrupted game, as in Rule 5-4.
c. A correctable error, as in Rule 2-12.1.
d. Any double foul or simultaneous personal foul, as in Rule 4-29 unless
only one of the fouls is a flagrant foul.
e. Any technical foul(s). (Exceptions: (Men) single flagrant 2 technical foul
and single contact dead ball foul.)
Art. 2. Play shall be resumed after any appropriate penalty is administered or for
any of the reasons listed in 4-53.1.a through .e by one of the following methods:
a. A throw-in to the team that was in control at a designated spot nearest to
where the ball was located when the stoppage occurred.