Keep on Rollin'

Originally posted by rainmaker
What rules apply to rolling the ball down the floor? I'm talking about never having picked up the ball. I saw this done by a gal who ran after a loose ball. By the time she got to it, it was rolling. She never picked it up, just "herded" it down the floor. It sounds like it wouldn't be good play, but she was short and scooted in between several defenders, bot the ball to the post, who got the basket. I wasn't working, but asked the guy that was , and he said, since she never began a dribble, it wasn't travelling or double dribble, and that it broke no rules. I've been looking through the book and can't find anything applicable either for or against. What do you experts have to offer?

I would have to see it but.. after she tapped the ball the second or third time, I would say she gained countrol with a dribble and call the DD. Just as if it was passed to her and she controlled the wayward pass with a dribble, picked it up , then dribbled again. Like the rest of the posts it's kind of a stretch, but instinct can tell us when something doesn't look right!