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Originally posted by Nevadaref
The ball was being held out high by an AZ guard. He was on the C's side of the court a couple of steps away from both the division line and the sideline. The C was top of the key extended or maybe a little higher, watching the play. Remember, AZ is ahead by 8 with 2 minutes to play, so they are in a spread offense attempting to run some clock.
The defender slapped the ball away from the AZ player who, in his attempt to recover it, then slapped it down to the floor himself. All replays I saw show that the ball bounced in the frontcourt after he hit it. When he caught to ball, still standing very near to where he started, the C called the backcourt violation. Again, the T, who was standing directly on the division line on the opposite side of the court, did not have a whistle. [/B]
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I guess I'm confused Nevada, what does the fact that the ball bounced in the frontcourt after he hit it have to do with anything? Are you saying that the official thought it hit the division line? Or, did it afterwards go into the backcourt and was recovered? I did not see the play, obviously...