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Originally Posted by Ed Maeder
Had a situation tonight that had me questioning the ruling. Team A is in their frontcourt and has the ball stolen. Therefore A no longer has team control in their frontcourt but now B has team control in their backcourt. Team A slaps the ball away from B and it goes into team A's backcourt. Team A was last to touch in the frontcort and was first to touch in the backcourt when they gained possession. A did not have team control in the frontcourt so would this be a backcourt violation? Hope you can understand the way I wrote this.
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You are correct. For a backcourt violation on A, A must have team control in their front court. And until A gained possession of the ball in their back court, it was still in B's possession. Therefore, this is not a backcourt violation.