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Old Fri Mar 25, 2005, 10:09pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally posted by Daryl H. Long
BktBallref and Rut: You both say it is not BI because the try was not successful by rule. To the contrary it is the very fact that the try was not yet successful that kept the ball alive making Basket Interference the proper call by rule.
It couldn't be BI. The ball did not go thru the hoop.

Rule 4-31-1 says:

a. A live ball that is not a throw-in enters the basket from above and reamains in or passes through or

b. A free throw enters the basket from above and remains in or passes through.

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