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The D1 official told us this situation was brought up at a NCAA meeting. Supposedly the officials at the meeting were split on whether or not to call this a backcourt violation.
When I asked him what he would call, he said he would not call it a backcourt violation. He stated that he could not find anything in the NCAA literature to justify a backcourt violation call.
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According to 2003 NCAA rules, it is not a violation because A2 is not "in his back court", is that right?
Section 11. Ball in Back Court
Art. 1. A player shall not be the first to touch the ball **in his or her back court**
when the ball came from the front court while the playerÂ’s team was in
team control and the player or a teammate caused the ball to go into the
back court.
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**in his or her back court** refers to the ball, not the player.
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Wow. I thought I got it right this time.
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I know the feeling.
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but is it because of me or the wording does seem ambiguous?
What is the intention of the back court violation anyway? to make game tempo faster? this bounce pass does not seem to violate any basketball "spirit" to me.
Thanks.
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I agree, the rules sometimes could be worded better.
I can see your argument about how this play might not be exactly within the *spirit* of the rules, but it's still a consequence of the rules.
Maybe these oddball plays happen so rarely it's not worth writing down all the possible exceptions.
Who knows?