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

RULE 7 / OUT OF BOUNDS AND THE THROW-IN81
Art. 15. After a free-throw violation by the shooting team as listed in Rule 9-1,
any opponent of the shooting team shall make the throw-in from a designated spot
nearest to where the violation occurred.
Art. 16. After an inadvertent whistle, play shall be resumed at the point of
interruption.
Section 6. Throw-in
Art. 1. The throw-in shall start and the throw-in team shall have team control
when the ball is at the disposal of a player entitled to the throw-in.
Art. 2. A throw-in shall end when a passed ball touches or is legally touched by
an inbounds player or when a player, who is located on the playing court, touches
and causes the ball to be out of bounds or when the throw-in team commits a
throw-in violation.
Art. 3. The thrower-in shall release the ball within five seconds so that the pass
goes directly into the playing court, except as provided in Rule 7-5.6.b.
Art. 4. The throw-in count shall end when the ball is released by the thrower-in
so that the ball goes directly onto the playing court.
Art. 5. The thrower-in shall not leave the designated spot until he/she has released
the ball and the thrown-in ball crosses the plane of the sideline or end line.
Art. 6. Until the throw-in ball crosses the plane of the sideline or end line:
a. The thrower-in may not touch the ball until it touches or is legally touched
by another player inbounds.
b. No opponent of the thrower-in shall have any part of his or her person over
the inside plane of the boundary line.
c. Teammates shall not line up next to each other within 6 feet of a boundary
line and parallel to it when an opponent desires a spot between the
positions.
d. Teammates may occupy adjacent positions near the sideline or end line
when the teammates take adjacent positions that are perpendicular to the
sideline or end line.
Art. 7. When the ball is located out of bounds, the thrower-in may pass the ball
into the back court.
Art. 8. Regardless of where the throw-in spot is located, the throw-in team may
cause the ball to go into the back court.
Art. 9. After the throw-in ends, an inbounds player in the front court who is not
in control of the ball may cause the ball to go into the back court.
Art. 10. When the ball is awarded to the wrong team, the error must be rectified
before the throw-in ends.