College Basketball Rules on Fouls
No matter what style of basketball, fouls are a part of the game. The rules in college basketball are different than in professional hoops, but only to a small degree. Officials are responsible for calling fouls on players, and a call cannot be changed by a player, coach or another by anyone else.
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Personal Fouls
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A personal foul may be offensive or defensive and is attributed to a player who makes illegal contact with a player from the opposing team. Throughout the course of a college game, a player may commit five fouls, but the fifth results in ejection. This means that a player is not allowed to commit more than one foul every eight minutes. If a player is fouled while in the act of shooting, he is awarded free throws. If he wasn't in the act of shooting, the team on offense simply takes the ball from out of bounds. An offensive foul is usually a charging foul. An offensive foul does not count toward team fouls, but they do count toward an individual player's overall foul tally.
Team Fouls
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In professional basketball, each defensive foul also counts as one team foul. If five team fouls are committed in a quarter, the team that was fouled is awarded two free throws. But team fouls are different in college. Free throws are not awarded until seven team fouls are committed in a half. But, the player must make the first free throw in order to take a second free throw attempt. If he misses the first, a second free throw is not allowed. The only way team fouls result in two guaranteed free throws (as in professional basketball) is if a team commits 10 team fouls. Offensive fouls do not count as team fouls.
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Flagrants/Technical Fouls
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A flagrant foul is more severe than a typical hack. It is usually determined by over-extension of the arms and attributed to players who have knocked another player to the ground. Two flagrant fouls lead to an automatic ejection, but if one flagrant foul is vicious enough, the referee may choose to eject a player immediately.
A technical foul does not occur as one team against another, but usually as an infraction against the officials. Intimidation, arguing or disrespecting a referee may result in a technical, and may also be committed by a member or members of the coaching staff. If any member of a team commits a technical foul, the opposing team is awarded one free throw and the ball.
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