Memo by the NCAA women's basketball:
Front Court/Back Court.
Play: Team A has the ball in their frontcourt. A1 passes the ball to A2. As the pass heads toward the back court, A2 jumps into the air, catches the ball and throws it toward the front court before landing in the back court. The ball bounces on the center line and into the front court before it is caught by A3 in the front court.
Ruling: This is a backcourt violation. Even though A2 is considered to be in the frontcourt when she touches the ball, because she left from the frontcourt, she caused the ball to go into the backcourt when it touched the center line. Rule 9-11.1 and 4-28.3.a & b.
Play: Team A has the ball in their frontcourt. A1 passes the ball to A2. The ball is passed in such a way that it bounces on the center line and then goes into the frontcourt where A2 catches it.
Ruling: This is a backcourt violation. A1 caused the ball to go into the backcourt when the pass she threw touched the center line.
There were threads in the pass couple of weeks regarding this particular situation.
To see the memo:
http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/baske...etins/2002-03.