Jump ball violation: What have you here?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

And he vacated circle before jump ended legally. That dude moved fast!

I think you only need to be in the circle until the ball has been touched by a jumper, not until the jump ball ends.

Q: Is that "your own half" of the circle, or the entire circle? It's unclear to me whether he left the entire circle.

[BlueDevilRef]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I think you only need to be in the circle until the ball has been touched by a jumper, not until the jump ball ends.



Q: Is that "your own half" of the circle, or the entire circle? It's unclear to me whether he left the entire circle.

Good question. Likely something that doesn't come up very often until a play like this one comes up. This one bears some book review for me now.

[Dale3]

NFHS Rules

6-4 Art 7: Neither jumper shall:
A: touch the tossed ball before it reaches its highest point
B: leave the center circle before restraining circle until the ball has been touched
C: Catch the ball before the jump ends
D: Touch the ball more than twice

We are okay with A and D here obviously, and I think B too if it is referring to entire circle, and not the jumpers half of the circle.

So white violates here because he catches the ball before the jump ends (jump ends when is it touched by one of eight nonjumpers, an official, the floor, or basket)

So - if white player had let the ball bounce first, this would have been a perfectly legal play? Very interesting.

Not sure on the NCAA Ruling here.