[mbyron]

Had a situation relevant to the thread the other night. Team A scored, then Team B advanced the ball through their backcourt. As B1 dribbled across the division line, A1 was there waiting for him and slowed him to a walk.

B1 was dribbling and turned his body so that the ball was away from A1, still in the backcourt. B1 then stepped over the line with both feet, but the ball continued to bounce in the backcourt. Team A coach started calling "over and back!" I shook my head.

I was taught that the dribbler has to have 2 feet and the ball in the frontcourt before a backcourt violation becomes possible. My thinking was that the ball never bounced in the frontcourt, and so there was no backcourt violation.

Is that right?