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Originally posted by BOBBYMO
Yesterday in a (NCAAW)D-1 game there was a out of bounds play on the baseline. The O team ran a stack play and locked arms so that the D could not line up between them prior to the ball being thrown in.
Is this legal or does the D have the right to line up between them if they want to?
After a quick search in the rule book I could not see anything that said either way if the D had the right to line up to defend where ever they wanted.
This is a play that I have not ever seen or heard of.... Whats your opinion???
Legal or not???
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In FED rules, one reference is 7.6.4.. "Prior to a throw-in on the endline near A's basket, A1, A2, and A3 line up shoulder-to-shoulder parallel to the line and (a) within 3 feet of it, or (b) more than 3 feet from it. In both cases Team B requests space between the Team A players. RULING: In (a), the request is granted and a Team B player may position between each of the Team A players. In (b) the request is denied.
There is also language in the FED rules which enjoins players from linking arms, etc.. Perhaps someone can point to it . . .