Talk:Goaltending

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I just revised the page to properly distinguish goaltending from basket interference, with which it is often confused. In doing so, I cited NCAA but not NBA or other professional rules. If someone would care also to investigate professional rules to confirm similarities and differences, that would improve the article. Jbening (talk) 20:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Scratch that--just checked NBA rules, cited them, and adapted article to fit. Jbening (talk) 20:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

From the NCAA basketball rule book:

Section 34. Goaltending

Art. 1. Goaltending shall have occurred when a player touches the ball during a field-goal try and each of the following conditions is met:

a. The ball is in its downward flight; and

b. The entire ball is above the level of the ring and has the possibility, while in flight, of entering the basket and is not touching the cylinder.

Art. 2. It is goaltending to touch the ball outside the cylinder during a free throw, regardless of whether the free throw is on its upward or downward flight.

Art. 3. When the entire ball is above the level of the ring during a field-goal try and contacts the backboard, it is considered to be on its downward flight. In such a case, it is goaltending when that ball is touched by a player.

I read article 3 to say that, like in the NBA, it is goaltending after the ball has touched the backboard. Am I reading this wrong? Jbening (talk) 22:26, 22 May 2008 (UTC)