[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by representing

Wreck game today...

Shooter goes up for a layup with both hands on the ball. The ball gets touched by a defense, and knocked loose (kinda) and the shooter, on his way back to the floor, catches the ball. I didn't call a walk or jumpball, but the program director, who was an official long time ago and who's wife still officiates, told me he thought that should have been a jump-ball, similar to if a player goes up for a shot and a defense gets his/her hand on the ball and doesn't knock it loose.

Sorry, may not be the best description...

Nope, those people are wrong. The release was not prevented as the ball came loose. That's why you should buy a rules book instead of listening to these wreck league warriors.