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Message: [QUOTE="connie, post: 4256571, member: 7882"] I basically agree with you. If the freethrower purposely fakes the shot, then yes, she loses the attempt. "Purposely" means with purpose, not by accident. That largely entails a judgment call. Here, it did not appear the shooter double-cluthed with the purpose of faking. (And my guess is that if the player was wearing a UConn uniform, most Boneyard participants would agree that there is nothing in the demeanor or conduct of the player suggesting a purposeful fake.) As you also note, the circumstances fortify a conclusion that there is nothing to be gained by faking a shot. That said, if there was no purposeful fake then the play should have been blown dead upon the lane violations, which I perceive to be at best simultaneous (Dorka and Sanders). In that event, Smith would have been entitled to a "do-over". Upon the purposeful fake, the play is blown dead. Can't have a lane violation if the play is dead. [/QUOTE]