Team Foul

In basketball, each team’s personal foul totals are added into team foul totals. These team fouls bring about penalty situations for teams that are fouling too much.

A team’s foul count will reset at the end of each quarter or half.

In college basketball (where there are no quarters), team fouls reset at the start of the second half. In the NBA, team fouls reset after every quarter.

If a team reaches the foul limit for team fouls, they are in a penalty situation. There are two types of penalty situations in basketball:

• the bonus;
• the double bonus.

The bonus is different in the NBA and college basketball.

If a team commits five fouls in a quarter or two fouls in the final two minutes of a quarter, they are in the bonus. In the NBA, teams get two free throws every time a player is fouled for the bonus.

If a team commits seven fouls in a half, they are in the bonus. The bonus is also called the one-and-one in college basketball because the free throw shooter receives one additional free throw if the first one is made.

When a team is in the double bonus, they get two free throws every time a player is fouled. A team is only in the double bonus once they’ve committed ten fouls. The double bonus only exists in college basketball.

If a non-shooting personal foul is called when a team is not in a penalty situation, then the other team gets possession of the ball with an inbound pass at the nearest sideline.