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

RULE 9 / VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES87
shall be resumed by awarding the ball to the team entitled to the alternatingpossession
throw-in at a designated spot nearest to where the violations occurred,
unless another free throw is to be awarded.
Section 3. Ball Out of Bounds
Art. 1. A player shall not cause the ball to go out of bounds.
Art. 2. The ball shall be out of bounds when any part of the ball passes over the
backboard from any direction.
Section 4. Player Out of Bounds
Art. 1. A player who steps out of bounds under his/her own volition and then
becomes the first player to touch the ball after returning to the playing court has
committed a violation.
a. A violation has not been committed when a player, who steps out of
bounds as permitted by Rule 7-5.6.b, does not receive the pass along the
end line by a teammate and is the first to touch the ball after his or her
return to the playing court.
Art. 2. After the throw-in is completed, the thrower-in must touch the playing
floor inbounds before touching the ball.
Section 5. Throw-in Provisions
Art. 1. The thrower-in shall not:
a. Leave a designated spot.
b. Fail to pass the ball directly into the playing court so that after it crosses
the boundary line, it touches or is legally touched by an inbounds player
or touched by a player, who is on the playing court, and causes the ball to
be out of bounds.
c. Execute a throw-in that lodges between the backboard and the ring or
comes to rest on the flange.
d. Consume more than five seconds from the time the throw-in starts until
the ball is released.
e. Carry or hand the ball to a teammate who is on the playing court.
f. Touch the playing court or touch the ball in the playing court before it has
touched another player.
g. Throw the ball so that it enters the basket before touching anyone, strikes
the back of the backboard or its supports, passes over the backboard, or
bounces into the playing court from a balcony or from the floor out of
bounds.
Art. 2. No player other than the thrower-in shall:
a. Perform the throw-in or be out of bounds after a designated-spot throw-in
begins.
b. Be out of bounds when he or she touches or is touched by the ball after
it has crossed the vertical inside plane of the boundary line. Repeated
infractions shall result in (men) a CLASS B technical foul and (women)
a player/substitute technical foul.
Art. 3. (Men) The opponents of the thrower-in shall not have any part of their
person beyond the vertical inside plane of any boundary line before the ball