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Originally posted by DrC. on 02-09-2000 08:50 AM
I am confused by some of the answers on this one. If the defender(B1) deflects a pass or
knocks the ball out of the hands of the offensive player(A1)into the backcourt, why then would it backcourt. Team A did not cause the violation !
You are correct that if the ball had touched the floor in the backcourt FIRST and then A1 touches the ball, it would not be a violation. But because A1 wasn't sure, so lept from the frontcourt and touched the ball in the air, he then became the last person to touch the ball in the frontcourt. So as other guys implied, if he lands in the backcourt with the ball, he "caused" it to go there and gets the violation.