2002 Basketball Play of the Week
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Play Situations

Play of the Week 1 - 8/19/2002
Situation:  
The home team takes the official scorebook into the locker room at half time.
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Play of the Week 2 - 9/2/2002
Situation:
The home team coach requests the referees to check on a correctable error, and the error either is not correctable or is too late to be correctable. The home team is out of time outs.
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Play of the Week 3 - 9/9/2002
Situation:
As time is running out in the quarter, a shooter attempts a try for a field goal. Time expires and the horn sounds while the shot is in the air. The ball lodges between the rim and the backboard.
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Play of the Week 4 - 9/16/2002
Situation:
A is leading by two points with five seconds remaining in the game. B1 is fouled by A1 in the act of shooting. B1 misses the first free throw. B1 is instructed by his coach to miss the second free throw. B1 throws the second attempt like a baseball, grazing the ring and bouncing off the backboard. The ball rebounds back to B1 who is standing at the free throw line. B1 dribbles behind the three point line and attempts a three point try for a field goal. The three point try is good as the horn sounds.
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Play of the Week 5 - 9/23/2002
Situation:
The officials administer the jump ball with players A1 and B1 facing the correct direction. After the jump ball, A2 takes the ball, heads the wrong direction, and puts the ball in B's basket. B3 takes the ball out of bounds (thinking A2 scored a goal) and makes a throw in. Team A regains possession and then A3 scored in B's basket. At that time the officials were informed the teams were going the wrong direction.
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Play of the Week 6 - 9/30/2002
Situation:   
A1 is moving parallel to the baseline and dunks the ball. The ball is below the rim but not out of the net when A1's momentum carries him into the net where his head hits the ball causing the ball to come out the top of the rim.
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Play of the Week 7 - 10/7/2002
Situation:   
Player A1 is dribbling in the front court, when he leaves the ball and falls out of bounds. The ball is still in-bounds before anyone in-bounds has a chance to get the ball. Player A1 gets up, goes in-bounds with both feet and continues to dribble again. Click here for ruling

Play of the Week 8 - 10/21/2002
Situation:   
B1 is rebounding a missed try by A. The ball hits B1 in the head causing the ball to go back up on the ring. A2 is whistled for a foul on B1, and then the ball goes through the basket.
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Play of the Week 9 - 10/28/2002
Situation:   
A1 changes jerseys at halftime because of blood on the uniform. The officials do not direct the change or know about the change until A1 is called for a foul in the fourth quarter. It's then noticed A1 has a different uniform number on due to the change in uniform at halftime.
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Play of the Week 10 - 11/11/2002
Situation:
A1's low lob pass from outside the three point arch is touched by A2, or B1, inside the arch and caroms perfectly into the basket.
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Play Rulings

Ruling: Play of the Week 1 - 8/19/2002
Situation:   NFHS, 2-11-11, Penalty NFHS interpretation.
If this occurs, a direct technical may be charged to coach for unsportsmanlike conduct. You would start the third quarter with the free throws and then the throw-in.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 2 - 9/2/2002
Situation:  NFHS 5-8-4, 5-11-3, 10-1-7 Penalty
This is a team technical that results in two free throws plus the ball at the division line, opposite the scorer's table. In addition, a team foul is added to the offending team's total toward the bonus.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 3 - 9/9/2002
Situation: NFHS 5-6-1, 5-6-3
Rule 5 clearly states that a period ends when the horn sounds indicating that time has expired, except if a ball is in flight during a try or a tap. The period ended when the try was unsuccessful or when the ball lodged between the ring and the backboard. The kicker in this situation is that no penalty or part of a penalty may be carried over to another period, or extra period. So you just start the next period with the alternating possession procedure, or if it's and extra period, a jump ball.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 4 - 9/16/2002
Situation: NFHS 4-40-2
There are no restrictions as to how the ball has to be thrown; i.e. one or two handed, underhand or overhand. In spite of the player's intention to miss the try, it is not illegal. Just make sure the ball hits the ring. In this case the game is over with the B team winning by one point.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 5 - 9/23/2002
Situation: NFHS 5-2-1, Case book 5.2.3
Since the teams were lined up properly to start the game (jump Ball) A2 and A3 each scored two points for team B and the score is B4 - A0. After A3's goal and the "light" has been turned on for the officials, the teams are pointed in the proper direction and play is resumed by a non-designated spot throw-in by A on B's endline.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 6 - 9/30/2002
Situation:   NFHS 5-1-1, 9-11-1
Basket Interference by A1. No points are scored and Team B gets a designated throw-in at the closest out-of-bounds spot. Since A1 touched the ball with his/her head while the ball was still in the basket, it's a violation. Remember that touching isn't done exclusively by the hands and arms.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 7 - 10/7/2002
Situation:  NFHS 9-3 NOTE
This is spelled out in the NFHS Rule book as a Note in Rule 9, Section 3 Out of Bounds. The dribbler has committed a violation if he/she steps on or outside a boundary, even though he/she is not touching the ball while out of bounds.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 8 - 10/21/2002
Situation:   NFHS 4-40-5, 6-7-7, 5-1-1
Since B1's head contact was neither a try nor a tap, the ball became dead as soon as A2 fouled B1. Accordingly, the score does not count due to the foul.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 9 - 10/28/2002
Situation:   NFHS 10-1-2c, Case Book 3.3.5B
The spirit and intent of the rule is to do everything possible for a player to use a different shirt in these cases and return without penalty. Accordingly, if this change was properly reported to the scorekeeper, there would be no penalty even if the officials were not aware of the change. On the other hand, if it was not reported at all, it would result in a technical foul when recognized.
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Ruling: Play of the Week 10 - 11/11/2002
Situation:  NFHS 5-2-1, Case Book 5.2.1C
A2 costs A1 a three point goal for it now becomes a two point goal and A2 gets the credit. B1's touching has a different result and A1 gets the three points. A2's touching ended A1's try but since the ball remained live it counts two for A2's last touching. On the other hand , B1's touching didn't end A1's try, so it's a three.
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