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From the NCAA rules: Rule 4, Section 40, Art. 3. When the ball touches an official who is on the playing court, play shall continue as if the ball touched the floor at the officialÂ’s location.
So if I'm OOB and the ball hits me, the ball is OOB. If I'm in the front court and the ball hits me, then the ball has front court status.
What does this mean when one of my feet is in bounds and the other is out of bounds, or when one foot is in the frontcourt and one in the backcourt? I don't believe that the rules that specify that a player is OOB if any part of her body is OOB tells us that the "official's location" is OOB if any part of his/her body is OOB.
Where does that leave us? Elastic powers---my favorite rule. I would simply try to make the call that would give the least advantage/disadvantage to either team.
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