2017-18 NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MOST MISSED QUIZ QUESTIONS

Quiz 1: Cancellation of Equal Foul Penalties Question 3 (74.25% correct): When opposing teams commit an unequal number of unsportsmanlike, disqualifying or excessive timeout technical fouls, following the cancellation of all equal penalties, there can be only one team awarded free throws for the remaining foul(s). Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is yes. All of these fouls have the same penalty: the awarding of free throws and the ball for a throw-in to the offended team. When the teams commit an equal number of these fouls, no free throws are awarded for any of the fouls. But when there is an unequal number of these fouls, only one team can possibly be awarded their free throws. When Team A commits one of these fouls and Team B commits more than one of these fouls, Team A is the only team who can possibly be awarded free throws for these fouls.

Quiz 2: Basketball Rule Fundamentals 1 Question 3 (64.63% correct): Personal fouls always involve illegal contact and occur during a live ball, except when a personal foul is committed by or on an airborne shooter. Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is no. This year, the rules committee adopted a change to the definition of a personal foul which permits illegal contact that occurs during the dead-ball period following a successful goal to be penalized as a personal foul when it does not rise to the level of an unsportsmanlike or disqualifying foul (Rule 10-10.1).

Quiz 3: Basketball Rule Fundamentals 2 Question 2 (83.42% correct): A ball which touches the front face or edges of the backboard is treated the same as touching the floor inbounds, except that when the ball touches the thrower’s backboard, it does not constitute a part of a dribble. Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is yes. All of the edges of the backboard are inbounds (Rule 6-1.2 and .3, A.R. 166 and 167). When a player throws the ball against her team’s backboard, it is not the start of a dribble, as the throw may be a try for goal.

Quiz 4: Definitions Question 3 (34.72% correct): The penalty is the two free throws that are awarded for each personal foul (except a player- or team-control foul) committed by a player of a team, beginning with the fifth team foul in a period. Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is no. This is the definition of the bonus (Rule 8-2.1). The term penalty, which is defined in Rule 4-20, defines what occurs when a team commits a foul or violation. While other rules bodies may use different terminology for similar actions which occur in women’s collegiate basketball, it is important that all stakeholders use the correct terminology in order to prevent any miscommunication.

Quiz 5: Shot-Clock Violations Question 3 (81.85% correct): As the shot clock is nearing zero, A1 attempts a try for goal. The try is successful. During the dead-ball period following the successful goal, the official sounds their whistle. The officials use the available courtside monitor to determine if the try was released before the shot-clock period ended. The review determines that the try was released after this shot- clock period ended. The officials cancel the goal, award Team B the ball at the out-of-bounds spot nearest to where the violation occurred and confirms the game clock is set to when the official sounded their whistle. Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is yes. The officials are permitted to conduct the review for the possible shot-clock violation when the try is successful at any time during the game under Rule 11-2.1.b.4, provided the review is conducted before the ball becomes live following the goal. When the officials determine that the try was released after the shot-clock period ended, they will cancel the goal and award the ball to the opposing team at the out-of-bounds spot nearest to where the violation occurred. As there was no timing mistake, the game clock properly stopped on the official’s whistle and no adjustment to the game clock is to be made. This should not be confused with a mistake involving a mistake in setting or resetting the shot clock. When there is a mistake made by the shot-clock operator which gives a team more time to which it is entitled and the mistake is corrected by the officials, the game clock will be set to the time that the shot-clock violation should have occurred (Rules 5-12.4 and 11-2.1.c.2; A.R. 132)

Quiz 6: Free Throws Question 2 (85.08% correct): A1 is attempting the second of two free throws. Prior to the release of the ball, B2 followed by A2, enter the free throw lane from marked lane spaces. A1 continues the trying motion and the try is successful. The officials rule a double violation, cancel the goal and award the ball to the team favored by the alternating-possession arrow at the out-of-bounds spot nearest the double violation. Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is no. When opponents located in marked lane spaces commit violations, and the opponent of the free-throw shooter violates first, the second violation is ignored (Rule 9-1 Penalty d.1). When the teammate of the free-throw shooter violates first, the ball is dead immediately and no goal may be scored (Rule 9-1 Penalty a). When both players violate simultaneously, the ball becomes dead immediately, no goal may be scored, and play resumes using their alternating-possession arrow (Rule 9-1 Penalty c).

Quiz 7: Errors and Mistakes Question 3 (74.77% correct): When an unmerited free throw has been awarded by the officials and the officials recognize the error, all activity that occurs during the free throw and until the error his recognized shall be cancelled. Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is no. This question comes directly from Rule 2-12.4. Unsportsmanlike and disqualifying fouls may never be cancelled by rule. Should one of these fouls have occurred during the time period starting with the unmerited free throws and ending with the officials’ recognition of the error, the foul is still penalized.

Quiz 8: Restricted Area and Lower Defensive Box Question 2 (60.89% correct): A player is considered to be inside the lower defensive box (LDB) when they are touching the court inside the LDB, but not when they are over the LDB. Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is no. A.R. 275 states that a player is considered to be inside the LDB when she is over it, as well as when she is touching the playing court inside the LDB. This is similar to the rule governing the restricted area. A player is considered to be within the restricted area when she is touching the floor within or is over the restricted area (Rule 4-25).

Quiz 9: Throw-ins Question 1 (72.01% correct): Team A is entitled to a throw-in along the end line at the free throw lane line extended. A2, A3 and A4 are lined up one behind the other on the free-throw lane line; A2 is standing three feet from the end line. B1 now wishes to occupy a position between A2 and A3. The official rules that B1 is not entitled to that position. Is this correct?

Answer: The correct answer is yes. Rule 7-5.9 permits teammates to occupy adjacent positions near a boundary line when the teammates are perpendicular to that boundary line.

Quiz 10: Unsportsmanlike Fouls Question 4 (73.96% correct): Is this a correct statement: Unsportsmanlike fouls may be contact or non-contact fouls.

Answer: The correct answer is no. Unsportsmanlike fouls are defined as a player-contact fouls (Rule 10-13).