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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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1)Doesn't "on" mean "on top"?  If it's touching the side of the rim, it's not on the basket, is it?
1)Nope,"on" means "on". It means "against". If it's ON the side of the rim,it's ON the rim. If it's ON the bottom of the rim,it's ON the rim. I'm using the literal translation. As in "on the mesh" also! See #3 too.The rule says "on the basket".By definition,the mesh is part of the basket.How can you NOT call BI now in #3,using your own logic and the strict meaning of the words?
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Wrong.
There's a specific case (I hope -- or else I'm remembering incorrectly) where the ball is against the side of the basket ring and is touched -- ruling: not BI.
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Casebook play 9-11SitB.
Casebook 9-11 and 9-12 COMMENT also says "Other acts in 9-11,called "basket interference" apply during either a free throw,a try or tap for field goal,or whenever the ball is on,in or above the basket".What Chuck and Nevada are talking about certainly can't be called a free throw,a try or tap for field goal,or the ball being on or above the basket.None of that is applicable.That leaves a literal interpretation of "in the basket"-with the mesh hanging down being defined in the rulebook as being part of the basket.What they are trying to say is that you CAN call BI on a ball going up IF it is touched while it is IN the basket-meaning the mesh part of the basket-but before the ball goes completely above the rim so that a violation occurs. I disagree.