# Basketball question: Double delay of game? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 19, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-double-delay-of-game/647743 "2013-01-19T21:12:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-double-delay-of-game/647743/1 "2013-01-19T21:12:53Z")
I was watching the end of the Kansas-Texas basketball game on TV. With about a minute and a half left, Kansas drew a charge under the Texas basket. Kansas was in the bonus but did not shoot free throws, they inbounded the ball. The announcers mentioned something about the refs calling a “double delay of game” but didn’t elaborate. What is that, and is that why free throws were not shot? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-double-delay-of-game/647743/2 "2013-01-19T22:16:45Z")
You never shoot free throws for an offensive foul by the other team. I didn’t see the game, so I wouldn’t know what the call was, but it was probably a warning to both sides. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-double-delay-of-game/647743/3 "2013-01-19T23:41:08Z")
In the NBA you do, however (or at least you used to, IIRC).