2007 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Rules ... - ArbiterSports

RULE 4 / DEFINITIONSBR-97A.R. 99. An official is in the front court when he or she runs into a pass thrown by A1from Team A’s back court. After touching the official, the ball (a) goes out of bounds or (b)rebounds to the back court, where it is recovered by A3. RULING: Touching the officialshall be the same as touching the floor where the official is standing. In (a), the ball shallbe awarded to Team B for a throw-in at a designated spot nearest to where the violationoccurred. In (b), since A1 was the last player to touch the ball before it returned to theback court, A1 caused it to go there. Back-court violation. Award a throw-in to Team B ata designated spot nearest to where the violation occurred. (See Rule 9-12.1.)Section 45. Multiple Free ThrowArt. 1. A multiple free throw is a succession of free throws attempted bythe same team.Section 46. PassArt. 1. A pass is movement of the ball caused by a player who throws, batsor rolls the ball to another player. In order for a pass to be completed, theball shall touch another player.Section 47. PenaltyArt. 1. A penalty for a foul is the charging of the offender with the foul andawarding one or more free throws, or awarding the ball to the opponentfor a throw-in. For any flagrant foul, the penalty includes ejection of theoffender.Art. 2. The penalty for a violation is the awarding of the ball to the opponentfor a throw-in, one or more points or a substitute free throw.Section 48. PivotArt. 1. A pivot takes place when a player who is holding the ball steps onceor 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 49. PlayerArt. 1. A player is one of five or fewer members of a team’s personnel whois legally on the playing court to participate.Section 50. Playing CourtArt. 1. The playing court is the area on the floor that lies within thegeometrical lines formed by the inside edge of the boundary lines.Section 51. Point of InterruptionArt. 1. Point of interruption is a procedure used to resume play because of: