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Old Wed Oct 10, 2012, 09:22pm
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
Why would you think that? A defender can easily go under a screen and stay in a guarding position the entire time. It would actually be pretty hard for the dribbler to get head/shoulders past the defender in such a case. They could, however, more easily break 6'.
NCAA does explicitly state that if an offensive player is standing between the defender and the ball (such as with a screen), there is no closely guarded situation.

I believe NFHS has no such provision; I believe this triggered a discussion here in the past.
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