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Originally posted by Camron Rust
Further, the NCAA/NBA interpretations regarding a position under the basket does not apply to baseline drives.
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The NCAA
men's interpretation is the same as NF. The defender is allowed to be anyplace on the floor. Not everybody calls it that way, but that's the interpretation.
In the NBA, the Restricted Area doesn't have anything to do with where the drive comes from. The rule is that a secondary defender cannot draw an offensive foul while standing in the RA. Notice that the primary defender CAN draw an offensive foul, even if inside the semi-circle. And even the secondary defender can draw the offensive foul if the play starts inside the lower defensive box (which is the lane, extended 2 feet on each side).
Just throwin' it out there.
Chuck