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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
The ball is in the FC. When A2 touches the ball, he is in the BC. A2 causes the ball to go from FC to BC. It
s no different than a player who is OOB, reaching in an touching a ball that is inbounds.
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I see the analogy to the OOB, but that only means that the ball is in the backcourt. In NFHS rules, causation (or would it be causality? Help me out here, rainmaker.  ) does not apply to the backcourt rule. An A player was NOT the last to touch the ball before it went backcourt, so no BC violation.
When (if) I (ever) start calling NCAA games - then it's a violation because the player caused the ball to go into the back court.
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Okay, what's your call if B1 hits it TOWARD the BC and A2 touches it with their hand that is inside the division line, but has their feet in the BC? What do you call if they have one foot in the FC and one in the BC?
B did not cause the ball to go into the backcourt, because until it hits the floor, it's still in the FC.