Question posed by NCAA official

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by jritchie
you see this a lot of a team that fast breaks a lot, the player A1 will grab the ball and be headed out of bounds and before that foot touches the ground he passes it in to A2 to start the break, then lands out of bounds after the pass!!!! I look at it like this, if Team B is not pressing and A1 actually did get oob a split second after they let the ball go, i can let it go!!! But if Team B is trying to press it puts them at a dis-advantage and then you have to go with the "Do-0ver" or a violation! I would have to say violation, imo!

Why would you let it go? Both plays are exactly the same - no matter what the defense is doing. A1 is gaining an advantage on the fast break also in both cases by getting the ball in quicker. At worst, team A is getting the ball into their front court before team B has a chance to set up their D.

You're talking about an obvious pass in-bounds in your play above. In the original play, there was some doubt as to whether it was a in-bounds pass or a hand-off to a player going OOB to make an in-bounds pass. There isn't that doubt in your scenario above.

It's an obvious violation in your play, and the team is benefiting from that violation. It's also being inconsistent in not making the same call on the same play. You gotta call the violation on that one imo.

Btw, there is no way you could ever justify a "Do-Over" on a committed violation like this one. You'd get crucified for that one.

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 13th, 2005 at 04:52 AM]