unsportsmanlike foul (or in the NBA, flagrant foul). Offensive foul – A foul committed by a member of the team playing offense. Technical foul – A foul assessed for unsportsmanlike non-contact behavior and for some procedural violations (for example, having too many players on the floor or calling timeout when none remain). Penalized by loss of possession after a free throw which may be taken by any member of the opposing team. Frequently abbreviated as "technical" or "T." Unsportsmanlike conduct – acting inappropriately or unprofessionally, such as fighting, verbal abuse, profanity, and flagrant fouls. An offender's team can be penalized by free throws being awarded to the other team followed by loss of possession, and upon repeated transgressions an offender can be ejected from the game. Violations Violation – An infraction of the rules other than a foul, such as traveling or a three-second violation. 24-second violation – (NBAa, WNBA, FIBA) a shot-clock violation. Basket interference – violation involving any of the following: touching the ball or any part of the basket while the ball is on the rim of the basket or within the cylinder extending upwards from the rim reaching up through the basket from below and touching the ball, be it inside or outside the cylinder pulling down on the rim of the basket so that it contacts the ball before returning to its original position. Carrying – when a player momentarily stops dribbling, with the ball in one or both hands, and then resumes dribbling. Double dribble – Either of the following acts results in a loss of possession: To dribble the ball with two hands at the same time To dribble, stop, and then begin to dribble again Backcourt violation – Touching the ball in the backcourt after it has entered the frontcourt and was not last touched by the other team. Failure to bring the ball from the backcourt into the frontcourt within the allotted time of 8 seconds in the NBA (previously 10) and 10 seconds elsewhere. Note that in NCAA women's play, this violation did not exist until the 2013–14 season. Five-second rule – Also called the five-second violation, is a rule that helps promote continuous play. The situations in which a five-second violation may occur are: Five-second throw-in violation – a team attempting a throw-in has a total of five seconds to release the ball towards the court. Start of throw