Underneath the basket

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Many officials?

Many, many.

Is that one of them IAABO thingys?

Nope. It's one of them "philosophy" things.

Why wouldn't anyone -except someone doing NCAA wimmen- call a charge under the basket if the defender had LGP and an airborne shooter knocked him into the third row?

Because many -- yes, many -- officials subscribe to the philosophy that you can't defend the basket if you are directly under the basket. Therefore, it's not a legitimate defensive postition. Therefore, the defender shouldn't be "rewarded" by getting the charge call.

But you already knew all that.