Fun With The Division Line ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Standard misapplication of the back court rule.

Then I'm wrong because I believe that the call is correct, but I can be convinced otherwise.

Black 33 had already picked up her dribble when she made the pass to Black 24 who was in the backcourt.

Because she wasn't dribbling, the "two feet and the ball" rule doesn't apply, it only applies to a player dribbling the ball across the division line.

Before she made the pass to the backcourt, Black 33 had her right foot fully in the frontcourt and her left foot on the division line, with part of her shoe in the backcourt and part of her shoe in the frontcourt.

I believe that her position and location gave her player control and her team team control in the frontcourt.

But, or course, I could be wrong in my interpretation.

Maybe it's the pivot foot that should matter here?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Then I'm wrong because I believe that the call is correct, but I can be convinced otherwise.

Black 33 had already picked up her dribble when she made the pass to Black 24 who was in the backcourt.

Because she wasn't dribbling, the "two feet and the ball" rule doesn't apply, it only applies to a player dribbling the ball across the division line.

Before she made the pass to the backcourt, Black 33 had her right foot fully in the frontcourt and her left foot on the division line, with part of her shoe in the backcourt and part of her shoe in the frontcourt.

I believe that her position and location gave her player control and her team team control in the frontcourt.

But, or course, I could be wrong in my interpretation.

Maybe it's the pivot foot that should matter here?

You are incorrect. Player location is determined by where a player is touching the court per Rule 4. It states that if any part of a player is touching the backcourt, which includes the division line, then the player is located in the backcourt.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

You are incorrect. Player location is determined by where a player is touching the court per Rule 4. It states that if any part of a player is touching the backcourt, which includes the division line, then the player is located in the backcourt.

Thanks Nevadaref.

4-35-2: When a player is touching the backcourt, out of bounds or the three-point line, the player is located in backcourt, out of bounds or inside the three-point line, respectively.

So non-dribbling Black 33, holding the ball with her right foot fully in the frontcourt and her left foot on the division line, with part of her shoe in the backcourt and part of her shoe in the frontcourt, still had backcourt status.

If her left foot had been her pivot foot, she could have legally pivoted so that both feet were in the backcourt.

It's not a "three points" dribbling across the division line situation. It's not a pivot foot situation. It's a player location situation.

Raymond is correct, the Center should have let the Trail (not) make the call.