Both the NFHS and NCAA Rules are quite clear:
A player is entitled to any spot on the floor as long as he/she obtains that spot
legally. With regard to a obtaining (NFHS)/
establishing (NCAA) legal guarding position a defender's position on the court relative
to the basket is not relevant. A player can
obtain/establish a legal guarding position on the court. Barb Jacobs's NCAA Women's
interpretation was ludicrous. Her statement
about a guarding position showed that she does not know what the rule book and casebook says about guarding and screeining.
I now of many women college officials that were embarassed by the ruling becasue it showed that the Rules Editor did not know the rules.
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