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A push (i.e. regular run of the mill rebounding jostling) is one thing. The displacement of a player that has established a legal position on the floor has the right to maintain that position. If an opponent is simply jostling with that player without using elbows, etc. play on. This is my look whether the ball goes in or not. If a player displaces another player with enough force that the contact can't be ingnored, I don't care whether the ball goes in or not, I'm blowing the whistle. This is in my college games as well as my HS games. This is a point that my partners and I discuss every pre-game. If the contact makes someone slightly lose their balance or take a step away, I'd probably let that go and tell the players involved to watch it when I had the opportunity. If however someone just shoves someone away, that's a foul. Basketball involves some physicality. It is our job to decide when that physicality crosses the legal/illegal line. Physical play in the post and on rebounding situations is never going away. Illegal contact should never be ignored regardless of what is going on with the ball.
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