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Old Mon Jan 25, 2010, 08:10am
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Originally Posted by craiglaw View Post
In a game yesterday, the player lost control of the ball, and the ball headed toward the back court. No contact by the defender. P was able to avoid stepping over the back court line, but dribbled the ball once in the BC before bring it back. In other words, only the ball was in the back court.

I've never seen this exact situation before. No call was made. Is that correct?
The player does not have to be in the back court for there to be a violation. The rule states that the offense shall not be the last to touch the ball while in the front court and then be the first to touch the ball in the back court. The rule doesn't require that the player be in the back court, just the ball. So when the player dribbled the ball in the back court he violated because he was the the first to touch it while the ball had back court status.
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