Those were my thoughts, precisely, BktBallRef--the dribble was interrupted, not ended. No violation. Good points re: having player control versus how a dribble ends.
Mark, I too feel like I have a good grasp of backcourt violation situations. Interestingly, though, there are so many different variations that can occur, that it is still easy to become confused. At our association meeting last night, I demonstrated a variety of situations in "real time" on the court (OK, maybe a tad slower than the "real" time in games we work), then asked each time if the play was legal or illegal. It struck me funny that the veteran officials almost never raised their hands to make a choice, as though not wanting to "risk" their reputations with an incorrect guess. In fact, many had no idea if what they saw was legal or not. I admit, though, I hadn't thought of Jamie's scenario, so didn't demonstrate and discuss that one.
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