Path/LGP/Under the basket

[zebraman]

Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
I'm watching a video from a D-1 official and supervisor (probably assigns a D-2 league). He makes the assertion that a defender cannot have LGP if he is under the basket. The rule on guarding says: "Guarding is the act of legally placing the body in the path of an offensive opponent.... (4-23-1)"

Assuming that the word path means the line from an offensive opponent's current location to his/her intended destination, then it makes sense that you cannot be in the path of an opponent driving to the basket if you are under the basket. Therefore you cannot have LGP (or have failed to maintain it) if you are under the basket hoping to take a charge.

What do you all think about this?

For NFHS, he is wrong. See case 10.6.1 Situation D.

Z