Basket Interference?

[RoyalsCoach]

Illinois vs Wisconsin on Saturday. Illinois player went to dunk and was fouled in the act of shooting. The dunk missed and bounced in the air. Meanwhile the dunker was hanging on the rim to protect himself. The ball came down through the basket. The basket was ruled good and one free throw was awarded. Wisconsin questioned the ruling as it seemed quite obvious he was hanging on the rim when the ball went through The officials called both coaches over to explain the situation. Of course the announcers were no help, they wondered why it was not goaltending. Is this basket interference? I am not familiar with NCAA rules. Are they different than FED?



[Edited by RoyalsCoach on Jan 26th, 2004 at 12:06 PM]