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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by tmp44
B2 gets the backside rebound and gets a tip off right before the buzzer. The ball hits high off the backboard, then the front of the rim and bounces straight up about 4-5 inches. As the attempt is being made, defender A1 has jumped from about midway in the lane towards the basket. Realizing that it's too late to block the shot, A1 grabs and bottom of the net and pulls down on it, causing the entire basket to come down and spring back up (Important Note: Not the rim, but the entire basket mechanism. This was one of those portable college type baskets where the entire hoop can sort of "sink" on a hard dunk...this is exactly what happened here). As the basket springs back up, the front of the rim makes contact with the ball on the way down, causing it to not go in the hoop. C comes in w/ BI, and Team B wins by 1.
Does anyone NOT have BI here?
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Another good question might be why nobody has a "T" on A1 for grabbing the basket - under FED rule 10-3-4.
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An interesting point JR--one that in fact had never occurred to me. My question is does 10-3-4 cover grasping and pulling on the
net or just the rim? I know I've only seen it called (as I'm sure is the case with almost all of us) when A1 dunks and pulls down on the rim in a showboating type manner.
That being said, the T would not have been enforced in this sitch because it would have had no bearing on the end of the game (recall that the BI was at the buzzer and gave Team B a 1 point victory). But let me take this one step further--let's say the BI occurs to TIE the game--could one foreseeably call the BI and the T? I ask that for 2 reasons.
1) I wouldn't have the
cojones to make that call--let the kids decide it in OT; but more importantly
2) Is this possible? I ask that for this reason. Say A1 goes for a layup, B1 slaps the backboard, wiping out the shot and getting a T assessed. Would the same scenerio happen here? Wipe out the shot and assess the T instead? I tend to think not, but this may create a nice little discussion.....