RULE 9 - SECTION 11
BASKET INTERFERENCE

A player shall not commit basket interference as in 4-6.

PENALTIES: (Sections 11-12)

1. If the violation is at the opponent’s basket, the opponents are awarded one point if during a free throw, three points if during a three point try and two points in any other case. See 10-4-9 for additional penalty for goaltending during a free throw. The crediting of the score and subsequent procedure are the same as if the awarded score had resulted from the ball having gone into the basket, except that the official shall hand or bounce the ball to a player of the team entitled to the throw-in.

2. If the violation is at a team’s own basket, no points can be scored, and the ball is awarded to the opponents for a throw-in from the designated out-of-bounds spot nearest the violation. See 10-4-9 for additional penalty for goaltending during a free throw.

3. If the violation results from touching the ball while it is in the basket after entering from below, no points are scored.

a. If the defensive team commits the violation, the opponent is awarded a possession throw-in in its frontcourt at one of the four designated spots nearest the violation. (Diagram 5)

b. If the offensive team commits the violation, the opponent is awarded a possession throw-in in its backcourt from the designated out-of-bounds spot nearest the violation.

4. If there is a violation by both teams, play shall be resumed by the team entitled to the alternating-possession throw-in.

a. If the defensive team commits the violation, the opponent is awarded a possession throw-in in its frontcourt at one of the four designated spots nearest the violation.

b. If the defensive team gains possession, it is awarded a possession throw-in in its backcourt from the designated out-of-bounds spot nearest the violation.