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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
Here are the NCAA rules:
4-31.1: A goal shall be made when a live ball . . . enters the basket from above and remains in or passes through . . . .
I've always given the benefit of the doubt with the clock in those situations, but never have gotten an official interpretation - do you wait for it to pass all the way through or do you stop as soon as you see that it's in and staying in?
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That's why I made the difference in my post. by rule, a basket is not scored until the top of the ball has cleared the bottom of the net. Iow, the ball has to pass all the way through. The "remains in" wording was put in to cover cases where the ball went through the ring, but stuck in the mesh and wouldn't drop.