Had this over the weekend. Three man crew, high school boys varsity, both teams 7-0 in their conference. Score tied 59-59, 1:03 left in the game. Packed house. Home team A inbounds the ball to A-1 in A's backcourt after a made free throw by B. A-1 in the backcourt throws a pass, across the division line intended for A-2 in the frontcourt. B-1 in A's frontcourt deflects (not catches or controls) the ball. The ball hits A-3 who is standing in A's frontcourt in the leg and goes into the backcourt where it is recovered by A-1. I was the "C" at the division line (table side) nearest to A-3 and saw the whole play. I called a backcourt violation. Needless to say, home team coach goes ballistic!!! Not to mention the fans. Coach immediately called timeout and after I perplexed him with an explanation, the game went on. As usual in these situations, visiting team goes on to win 63-59.
In the locker room afterwards, my partners and I were discussing the play and one of partners thought it was a great call and the other (25 year veteran) felt that even though team control for A was established in the backcourt, there was no frontcourt control by A, therefore this should not have been a backcourt violation even though he admitted A-3 was the last to touch the ball in the frontcourt. He went on to say he believes this because Team Control ended when B deflected the ball. He was pretty adamant that this should not have been a backcourt violation. I have read and re-read rule 4-12 (all articles) and rule 9-9 and casebook 9.9E over and over and I am pretty confident team control did not end with B's touching and the call was right. What do you think?
Look in the case book section 9.9C reads:
Team A is in control in its backcourt for seven seconds. A1 throws the ball toward A2 in the frontcourt. B1 jumps from A's front court and while in the air bats the ball back to A1 in A's backcourt. Ruling: A new count starts because B1 had frontcourt location when touching the ball thus giving the ball frountcourt location.
Is this the same as the above and give them a fresh 10 seconds.
Joe
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