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Old Tue Jun 20, 2017, 08:02pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
The NCAA needed a change to permit a defensive player to touch the ball in the backcourt??? Strange.
The folks who write these rules don't reflect upon the wording chosen.
No, the change is to now allow both OFFENSE and defense to do so instead of just the defense. As you know, the defensive team could always touch it first, but it was a change to allow the offense to do so too.
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