Well there, Smarty Pants, take our 25-question NCAA basketball quiz and find out how smart you really are. Credit: Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal
Yes. A three-point shot is a three-point shot
No. The opposing team is awarded just two points for a wrong-way basket
No points. The opposing team gets the ball; the offending player is embarrassed enough.
Yes, as long as the offensive player didn’t touch the net
No. A basket can be scored in only one direction — from above.
Yes, but only if it’s a “swish.”
No. A player may not intentionally kick the ball or strike it with his fist — on offense or defense.
Why not? The foot is part of the body.
Yes, but only if it’s a “swish.”
There is no such rule. If there were, opposing fans could get tickets, then throw stuff on the court to get the home team punished.
There is such a rule: Two technical free throws can be awarded the visiting team if the home team’s “followers” use “abusive, vulgar or obscene language” or noisemakers or laser pointers while the game is in progress, or if they throw stuff on the court.
It depends what they throw on the court. No foul for confetti.
No. This is not hockey, where teams play “shorthanded.”
Yes. Although when the team gets down to one player, it must forfeit, unless the referee believes both teams have an opportunity to win.
Maybe. It’s up to the players to decide.
The opposing coach can pick the shooter from the players on the floor or the bench.
The opposing coach picks from the four remaining players on the floor, unless the injured player was the victim of a flagrant foul.
Send out for Kyle Macy! The injured player’s coach can pick anyone in the arena to attempt the foul shots.
Yes. The dribble may go no higher than the dribbling player’s shoulders under what has been dubbed the “Muggsy Bogues“ rule, after the diminutive point guard.
No. As long as the ball handler doesn’t palm the ball or place his hands under it, there is no violation. There is no rule on how high a dribble can be.
It all depends on the player’s height.
Yes. Everyone knows that this is the classic “over-the-back” violation.
No. There is no foul unless the rebounder pushes or crashes onto the opponent’s back.
It all depends on the player’s height.
No. A basket may not be scored on a throw-in.
Yes. A basket is a basket.
Yes, but only if it’s a “swish.”
No. A ball handler must have both feet on the offensive side of the court before he can be called for a backcourt violation for returning to the defensive zone.
Yes. This is “over and back.”
It depends on what size his sneakers are.
Yes, as long as the player who deflected the ball never had control of it.
No. A back-court violation is a back-court violation.
This is getting too confusing for me.
Neither are violations. Basketball players, like everybody else, have a constitutional right to express themselves.
Both are unsporting infractions punishable by two free throws for the opponents. Ditto for taunting, baiting or ridiculing an opponent, or using profanity or vulgarity.
---- if I know.
Good block. If a defender has his hand on the ball, it is not a violation if this contact continues after the ball enters the cylinder.
Basket interference, score the goal.
To reward both players for their effort, both teams are awarded one point.
Score the goal. It's a perfectly legal play.
Disallow the goal. You can inbound the ball off a defender, but not off the side of the backboard.
Technical foul for making a mockery of the game.
No basket. Because the ''shot'' was really more like a pass, the game is over once the horn sounds.
Yes. The basket counts because the ball left the player’s hands before time expired.
You can’t bounce the ball into the basket, regardless of how much time is left.
The dunk is a legitimate part of the game, so what’s wrong with practicing it?
Pregame dunks are banned for fear of damaging the rim or backboard. Award two technical free throws to the opposing team.
No violation, as long as the player would have been awarded a “9” or a “10” in a slam-dunk contest.
No. The purpose of the rule is to discourage defenders from standing under the basket, clogging the lane.
Yes, if the offensive player leads with a foot or “unnatural” extended knee, or wards off the defender with his arm, it is a player-control foul.
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
No. Just because the rules say officials are permitted to go doesn’t mean they must go to the monitor.
Yes. The goal is to “get it right,” so no effort should be spared to do so.
It depends on whether a better game is showing on the monitor.
Yes. The ref isn’t the boss for nothing.
No. The referee’s decision can’t take precedence over an umpire’s in calling a foul or violation — unless the umpires disagree.
Yes, but only if one of the umpires makes a really bad call.
Yes, if he does something really stupid, such as permitting the wrong player to shoot a foul shot, or to attempt it on the wrong basket.
No, play on.
No, that is what booing officials is for.
Yes. A defender may accidentally hit the hand of a ball handler who is dribbling, holding the ball or attempting a shot.
No. A hand isn’t part of a ball. And a foul is a foul.
Maybe. If they can get away with it, you’ve got to hand it to them.
Yes. Incidental contact between two players who are in equally favorable positions is OK, even though it may be severe or excessive.
No. A foul is a foul. You’ve got to call it one way or the other.
Maybe. It depends.
A bench technical is assessed against the coach. Two foul shots for the opposing team.
If the delinquent team is supposed to make a throw-in, the official puts the ball on the ground and starts counting off for a five-second violation. If the other team has possession, it gets to inbound the ball.
If the team is tired, it is awarded a nap.
No. Only if he tries to get up.
Yes, but a player who slides on his stomach after chasing down a loose ball hasn’t traveled.
Maybe. It depends on what caused him to fall down.
Yes. A defender in a legal guarding position may jump vertically and occupy the space within his vertical plane.
There is such a rule, but nowhere is it designated the “principle of verticality.”
Not sure. I can’t keep “principle” and “principal” straight.