cameron, what if a player runs out-of-bounds on purpose, possibly running the length of the baseline(underneath the basket) then comes in-bounds on the other side of the front court and receives a "swung" pass? Is this legal? Or runs out-of-bounds almost the full length of the sideline on a fast break, only to enter in-bounds underneath their basket as an outlet? Sounds crazy but it happened at one of my games. Thanks for your response.

This is a "T". A player cannot leave the court to gain an advantage like this. Depending on the level of play I would give a warning.

It's a technical foul in both cases. Rule 10-3-4: "A player shall not leave the court for an unauthorized reason or delay returning after legally being out of bounds."

BTW, there's no "e" in Camron...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Geneva">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ron Pilo on 12-09-1999 10:29 AM
This is a "T". A player cannot leave the court to gain an advantage like this. Depending on the level of play I would give a warning.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

What is this level of play business? I called the T in a Girls JH game. She gains an advantage she gets a T. No advantage then a warning.

I've only had this happen once, several years ago. Didn't call it as a T, but did call it as a violation and gave it to the other team.

Coach almost had kittens. Claimed that no one else had ever called it before... It was a move directly out of their playbook.

[This message has been edited by PublicBJ (edited December 09, 1999).]