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Originally Posted by Jay R
The question below was a case question that I found for FIBA rules. When I first read it, I thought the answer was No because it would be a BC violation. Turns out the answer is Yes. Am I the only one who thinks that FIBA is not consistent here. If A3 had jumped from the FC and caught the ball in the air and landed in the BC, it would have been a BC violation. Yet this play is legal.
Comments?
Team A has the ball for a throw-in at the centre line following an unsportsmanlike foul. Player A3 receives the in-bounds pass with his left foot on the floor completely in the frontcourt and his right foot off the floor.
A3 then puts his right foot down on the floor in the backcourt. Shall the official start an 8-second count?
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Article 28.1.2; briefly, the team in control of the ball causes it to be in the front court when
• it is not in player control and touches the front court or an opponent (or an official) who has some parts of their body in contact with the front court, or
• it is in player control of a non dribbler who has
both feet entirely in contact with the front court, or
* it is in player control of a dribbler who has
both feet entirely in contact with the front court and it touches the front court.
In this case none of these conditions is verified and so the eight second count starts as soon as the player gains possession in the back court (that is, when the right foot touches the back court).
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