Is it legal to throw an alley-oop to yourself in a real game?

tux_tina

In this video ( dead link ), a college basketball player steals the ball, races down court, and avoids the defender by throwing a pass to himself off the backboard. In all the (disorganized) basketball games I've played in, a shot had to hit the rim before the shooter was allowed to rebound. And that looks like a shot to me. Obviously the officials allowed it, but I couldn't find an explicit mention in the NCAA Rulebook . Is this ruled as a...

Originally asked by Michael Myers on Stack Exchange (sports) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

For the NCAA, it is scored as follows (from page 10 of the 2011 Official Basketball Statisticians’ Manual ): A.R.15. Adams throws a pass to himself or herself off the backboard, and then shoots and makes the basket. Ruling: Credit Adams with a FGA and FGM, but no assist or rebound. For the NBA, according to this Q&A (from 2009) with Bernie Fryer (Vice President of Referee Operations and Director of Officials in the NBA), it is also allowed: Are you allowed to throw the ball off the backboard, grab your own rebound and dunk it without landing? -- Blaise Bernie's answer: Yes. Under the traveling rule, a player who attempts a shot or pass may not be the first to touch the ball unless it...

Full answer by Marcus Swope: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/326 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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