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Old Thu Jan 29, 2009, 01:25am
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Originally Posted by fiasco View Post
Anyone see this one? Tie ball game, with a few seconds left, Duke rebounds the ball while a Wake Forest player is on the floor. The Duke player lands on the WFU player, causing him to fall to the floor. The officials call a travel on Duke, giving WFU the ball on the endline with almost 3 seconds left. They score and win.

If the guy is on the floor, presumably he doesn't have LGP, no? If contact is made that puts the ball handler at a disadvantage, wouldn't you have a foul?
There is an NCAA ruling that says this is a foul on the player lying on the floor. It's been posted here many times before.
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