Charlotte @ Maryland plays (Video)

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by TriggerMN

#1 I would pass on the travel, it's a game interrupter there and in real time IMHO the collection does not come before "step 1" of 3 in the travel sequence.

Both of your reasons for not calling that a travel are invalid.

Lose the term game interrupter. It only leads not calling the game as it is designed. The defense forces the travel, they deserve the ball.

As for "collection" (or gather, as it is more commonly called), that is not the point where the travel rules start.

By definition, a player that is in control of the ball is either holding or dribbling the ball. The dribble ends (and holding begins) when the ball comes to rest in one or both hands which usually happens well before "collection". At that moment, unless you deem the player has lost control, the player is holding the ball and the travel rules begin. There is no magical third status between dribbling and holding the ball.