Sead VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES

 

SECTION 14. Touch the ball with the hand or arm while that
hand, or arm, is touching any part of the oppo-

nents’ basket, or while that hand, or arm, is directly above the

opponents’ basket.

NOTE: Above the basket as used in this section means any part

of the space enclosed by an imaginary cylinder having the ring

of the basket as its base and extending perpendicularly upward.

PENALTY—

Shall be declared a goal whether made or not. (Ball put into play
as after a field goal.)

RULE 15—Fouls and Penalties
A. Technical Foul
(See Also Rule 5-2 and 3 and Rule 8-2)
A Player Shall Not—
SECTION 1. Delay the game by:

a. Touching the ball after it has been awarded to an opponent
out of bounds.

b. Interfering with a player who is returning the ball into the
court from out of bounds; that is, no part of his person
shall be outside of the court, and he shall not touch the ball

until it has crossed the line.

c. Taking time out when his team has used its legal number of
time-out periods, or by taking time out when the ball is
in play in possession of opponents.

d. Acting in any manner which interferes with the progress of
the game.

e. Leaving the circle on any jump ball until the ball has been
tapped.

NOTE—If the player who remains in the circle legally taps the ball
into his basket, the goal counts and the foul is not penalized. On a jump
ball, if one of the jumpers has one foot or both feet outside the circle, or
on the diameter, or in his opponents’ half of the circle before the ball is
tossed, the Official may caution him. If he takes one of these positions
after the ball is tossed and before it is tapped, it is @ violation of the
jumping rule and the ball should be awarded to the opponents out of
bounds. If he does this repeatedly, or makes a deliberate attempt to leave
the circle, a technical foul should be called.

SECTION 2. Talk to the Officials or use any other unsportsman-
like tactics.