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Old Tue Jan 16, 2001, 10:33pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Re: Then I have a question....

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Originally posted by parkssa
According to the IAABO referee exam, question #77:

A-1 while airborne, catches the ball attempting to prevent a live ball from going out of bounds. A-1 throws the ball to the floor, returns to the court, recovers the ball and dribbles.

This is not considered a legal play.

The difference that I see on this one and the other example above is he catches the ball versus bats it and throws it to the floor, thus initiating a dribble. In the act of recovering the ball, he terminates the dribble and then starts to dribble again..... alas, double dribble violation.

The exam cites rule 4, Section 15, Article 3.

Is my reasoning correct?
This a double dribble if you consider that A1 threw the ball to the floor and started a dribble. This play doesn't have anything to do with A1 going OOB. Had he come back inbounds and continued the dribble that he started before going OOB, the play would have been legal.
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