Snagwells writes:
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Touching the line is a two. An airborne player's position is determined by his point of takeoff. If he jumped from behind the line, it's a three.
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Thank you so much Snagwells.
If "touching" is the word then I submit your decision is even more difficult. Many if not most baskeball shoes curve upward at the toe. That being the case it is possible for the toe of a shoe to be over the line while the sole is not "touching" the line.
I know these are split second calls made in nanoseconds and that there is probably no earthly way enough cameras and angles could be supplied to verify the calls.
It might be easier if the NCAA would dictate that all shoes must be white and all lines black and then you could see the shoe and the line in stark contrast and the rule could be changed to "over or on top of" the line as opposed to "touching" so you could clearly see the white shoe over the black line.