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Originally posted by Bradley Batt
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If the ball is over the rim when the grasping occurs BI cancel the basket and award the T (see note and 10.3.5b casebook)
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Paul - I think that you are misreading the case (there are two scenarios - a and b).
You can only have basket interference if a player touches the ball while it is in the cylinder OR if a player touches the rim while the ball is ON the rim.
That's it. You cannot have BI for the ball being within the cylinder and the player touching the rim (no matter what coaches and fans say!)
Ruling: Assess the technical. If the ball goes in, it counts.
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My point exactly! It's an important point to remember, too. When you're in the heat of the game, the ball's in the imaginary cylinder, a player jumps up and touches the rim and you blow the whistle, you've just screwed the pooch!