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Originally Posted by bearclause
We understand that technically team control continues, but are confused as to what "caused the ball to go into the back court" means. Does is strictly mean the last player to touch the ball before it goes into the back court or just a player somehow (intentionally or not) directing the ball into the back court? We hear some arguments that defender B1 batting the ball means that team A can't be called for a back court violation if it just glances off a team A player.
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Here's another NCAA rule (9-3.1): A player shall not cause the ball to go out of bounds.
No one would argue that a ball tipped by B1 that glances off A2 and goes out of bounds is a violation on B1. A2 has caused the ball to go out of bounds by virtue of being the last player to touch the ball. The same understanding applied to the backcourt violation: A1 dribbling in the FC, B1 bats the ball away, ball glances off A2 in the FC, A3 retrieves in the BC---violation.