had this happen, player A takes a long 3 point attempt or any shot for that matter, the shot is such a brick it bounces back into back court before anyone else touches it, team A finally rebounds the ball, Violation or not? i feel that if the defense is not going to rebound the ball and team A can get to it, they shouldn't be penalized, just can't find nothing like that in the rule book, a coach did argue with me that it should be a violation....

Not a violation.

Once the shot is attempted, there is no longer team control of the ball. Thus, team A does not have control of the ball when it goes backcourt, meaning either team can touch the basketball first without violating.

This missed shot may even be tapped out and into the back court by team A, without a violation.

Hmmmm....can A1 tap tap tap the ball, run OOB, do the hokey pokey, run back in & then be the first to touch it?

yes they can do the hokey pokey and turn around even, then as long as they establish on the court position they can touch it first...

hokey pokey
 

I think .... YES! As long as you don't consider the "Tap tap tap" an air DRIBBLE.

Is that the left foot first or the right foot that you put in? :D

NFHS casebook plays 4.12.2 and 4.12.6(b) oughta handle this one.

and the ball may sit in the backcourt until time runs out; there is no backcourt count until team control is regained.

Now the question is, what if the refs shoes weren't shiney or they were wearing a belt? :)

I thought you were going to say that the question was whether team B was "in the path" of the team A player who tap-tap-tapped the ball.

Hey Juules, Carl says they published my article on the 8th. I never saw it, did you?

another hokey pokey reference
 

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment,
It is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which
almost went un-noticed last week.
Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote \"The Hokey Pokey\", died peacefully
at age 93.




The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the
coffin.
They put his left leg in. Then the trouble started.....

come on ya know you wanna laugh at it..... :D

Yea, I saw it. Read it too! It's actually dated the 16th. I thought it was very good. Accurate, insightful and entertaining. Let's see, what else does Carl like? Oh, yea, and well-written. Anybody else care to comment?

Course, the picture evokes it's own (unspoken) thoughts...