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Originally Posted by refguy
When a player who does not have legal position causes an opponent to trip and fall, a foul should be called no matter where on the floor the foul occurs and no matter how minor the contact(if any) may be.
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Note that I finished your statement above to reflect your adamant opinion that officials
must call plays of this type out of their primary. As noted before, my opinion is that your opinion is completely wrong. I also disagree with your contention above that the defenders had an illegal position on the court in this particular case. LGP and LGP principles do not apply. Neither defender was guarding the player that was allegedly fouled and both defenders are entitled to take a legal position on the court if they get there first. Both defenders had their position before the (alleged) contact was made. If there was contact, and I still haven't seen any, then the Kansas player initiated that contact and was the author of his own misfortune.