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Originally posted by ChuckElias

Yeah, me too, actually. The first post says that he thinks closely guarded does not require a guarding stance. Then later he says he was using the 3-foot, guarding stance guideline. I'm not really sure what the actual call was either, now.

THe three feet is a CIS modification, they only require 3-feet distance for closely guarded, and the player can only be holding the ball for a count to start. No closely guarded count while dribbling.