I think this was just in here, but can't find it.

B1's momentum carries him out of bounds at midcourt while he throws ball back in bounds towards his basket. He then takes 3 or 4 steps out of bounds (his momentum direction), tracks down the ball at the free throw line extended, starts dribble and goes in for layup. Legal? Does he need to come back in at the spot he went out? NFHS rules.

No. As long as he returns as soon as he's able to, he's fine.

Some officials are trying to make more out of this play than there is to it.

We don't need to be plumbers.

NFHS case book play 7.1.1SitC.

One could argue that the throw was a pass/beginning of a dribble, which would make it a double dribble if A1 returns in bounds secures the ball and starts a dribble.

Not true, to my understanding.

The change was to change a play that laste year would have been a T (e.g., running around a screen OOB) from a T to a V. The "momentum carries a player out of bounds" AR is still in the book as a legal play.

Chuck, even though you made the save in the air, you also made it <b>in-bounds</b>. You didn't then do anything OOB after landing there to gain any kind of an advantage, did you?

The point is that when you saved the ball, you <b>weren't</b> OOB. Therefore, going OOB <b>after</b> you saved the ball didn't give you any kind of advantage, did it? Ergo, no advantage --> no T.

Isn't the principle spelled out in NCAA 7-1-1AR1-"Legal. A1 has not left the court voluntarily and was not in control of the ball when leaving the playing court"?

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Nov 7th, 2004 at 10:41 AM]

I went back and deleted my posts in this thread, b/c the the AR seems very clear. I looked through Rule 10 and re-read the new violation. It is pretty obvious that Bob is absolutely right. Which means that the discussion at our pre-season meeting was very confused.

Now we've got the confusion of Jurassic responding to ghost-posts.