2008-09 Exam Review

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ALBERTA BASKETBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION

2008/09 ABOA EXAM REVIEW

The lowest responses were found on questions:

Question 36 - 40% wrong

A1 jumps from his teams frontcourt, intercepts a pass thrown by B1, and lands incontrol of the ball with both feet simultaneously straddling the mid-court line. While stillstraddling the line, A1 dribbles the ball. Is this legal?

No Article 30.1.1

This is part of this years rule changes. A player cannot dribble while still straddling thecentre line as such action would constitute a violation. The only way a player couldbegin a dribble would be to lift the foot in the backcourt prior to releasing the ball andthen move that foot into the frontcourt.


On a final free throw by A4, after the ball has struck the ring and while it still has achance to enter the basket, defensive player B4 reaches through the basket from belowand touches the ball. The official counts the free throw and credits A4 with one point. Isthis correct?

Yes Article 31.2.5

The free throw has not been completed as the ball still has a chance to enter the basket.

The interference is on a 1-point attempt. As the violation occurred on last or only freethrow a technical foul that would be charged to B4. Perhaps some officials wereconfused and answered incorrectly due to this wording. Nonetheless the first step is tocharge the interference and award one point to A4.

Question 45 - 33%wrong

A1 has the ball for a throw-in. A1 reaches across the plane of the boundary with the balland B1 taps the ball out of A1s hands. Is B1s action legal?

No Article 17, Interpretations, Statement 1

B1 has interfered with the throw-in, thereby delaying the resumption of the game. Untilthe ball has left the inbounders hand a defensive player cannot touch the ball. Awarning shall be given to B1 and communicated to coach B and this warning shall applyto all team B players for the remainder of the game. The repetition of a similar action byany team B player may result in a technical foul

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A4 is dribbling the ball near a sideline. A4 loses his balance and steps out of boundswithout touching the ball. A4 returns to the court and continues his dribble. Is this legal?

Yes Article 23.1.2

Simply put the player was not out of bounds when he touched the ball. Leaving the courtand returning to the court re-establishes the players status, as being in bounds andtherefore the play is legal.


After the horn has sounded to end playing time in the fourth period, the score is tied and

the possession arrow favors Team A. A1 is then assessed a technical foul. After the freethrows, shall the overtime period start with a Team A throw-in?

No Article 38.4.2

Any time there is a single technical the next throw-in will be to the non-offending team.Note the game is not over as at the end of the 4th quarter the score was tied so thereforeovertime must be played. If the free throws are successful by rule they have beenscored during the overtime period.


A2 is assessed a second unsportsmanlike foul in the game. May A2 be permitted toremain on the bench for the remainder of the game?

Yes Article 36.2.4

It is very clear that there is confusion with the application of this rule. The player isdisqualified from further play but no further penalties are handed out. Players whocommit two separate unsportsmanlike fouls are treated like players who have committed5 fouls. They cannot re-enter the game but they may remain on the bench.


A1 dribbles the ball in Team AS backcourt. A1 while still dribbling straddles the mid-courtline. Does the 8-second count continue?

Yes Article 28.1.3

Again, another rule change this year. As the player is still dribbling he has not achievedfrontcourt status until the ball and both feet touch the frontcourt so by rule the 8-secondcount must continue.

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A4, from his backcourt, throws a pass that bounces off the leg of an official who is in TeamAs front court. The ball bounces directly back to A4 who recovers the ball in his backcourt. Isthis a back over violation?

Yes Articles 28.1.3, 30.1.2

This is always a complicated one. Remember the conditions necessary for a backcourtviolation to occur. A team must be in control of the ball, be the last to touch the ball inthe frontcourt and the first to touch it in the backcourt. When A4 passed the ball aheadhe is deemed to have been the last player to touch the ball in the frontcourt; this occursby rule when the ball touches the floor or an official in the frontcourt. When the ballreturns to the backcourt and Team A again touches the ball a backcourt violation occurs.In other words no Team B player touched the ball in between the pass by A4 and hissubsequent touching of the ball.


A1, in team As backcourt, makes a throw-in pass to A3 who leaps from Team As frontcourt,catches the ball and then lands in Team As back court. Has A3 committed a violation forillegally returning the ball to the backcourt?

Yes Article 38.4.1

This is a question designed to see if officials understand that the airborne exceptionsadded to this years rules DO NOT apply when a player from a team that is in control ofthe ball jumps from the frontcourt catches a pass and then lands in the backcourt.

Unless the official allows the player to straddle the centre court line an inbounder isdeemed to be in the either the front or backcourt depending on his location. Members ofthe same team can never pass the ball from the frontcourt to the backcourt regardless ofwhether they are inbounds or out of bounds.

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