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Originally Posted by SamIAm
NCAA Sect. 36 Art. 3 - Contact that does not hinder normal defensive and offensive movement shall be viewed as incidental.
I noticed the specifics of this rule a month or two ago and have not been able to reconcile that with a lot of fouls I have seen called. This goes against a lot of "old fashion" 3-pt. plays, rebounding fouls, some of my previous posts (specifically about a defender fishing around for the ball while "reaching-in" from behind), and other fouls I thought were good calls.
I could go on with the list, but you know what I mean. The wording leaves alot of room for contact to be incidental.
Thoughts - IMOs?
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I'm only adding my two bits' worth here because of the comment on 3-pt. plays. A lot of times, guys just figuring out the incidental contact stuff start thinking that if a shooter makes his shot, he couldn't have possibly been disadvantaged by the contact.
This just isn't true. If the contact makes the shot more difficult, then it's a foul (assuming responsibility belongs to the defender).