FT lane violation

Nevadaref · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 01, 2006, 10:41pm

Did anyone see the official call a FT lane violation against FSU with about six minutes remaining in the second half in tonight's game against Duke?
FSU's FT shooter had the ball and his teammate in a marked lane space leaned forward and touched his hand in the lane.

Disconcertion was not an issue since it was a teammate of the shooter.

Below is the NCAA rule which like the NFHS rule specifies foot location. There seems to be no rule against what this player did. Thoughts?

RULE 9
Violations and Penalties
Section 1. Free Throw
Art. 2. After the ball is placed at the disposal of a free-thrower:...
i. Players occupying a legal marked lane space may not have either foot beyond the vertical plane of the outside edge of any legal lane boundary or beyond the vertical plane of any edge of space (2 x 36 inches) designated by a legal lane space mark or beyond the vertical plane of any edge of the lane until the ball is released by the freethrower.

I did think that they did a great job assessing the crowd a T for storming the court too early. The NCAA will certainly use this game to set a precedent for that. I expect a memo pretty soon.

BktBallRef · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 01, 2006, 11:31pm

So if a player falls face first into the lane but his feet don't break the plane, you aren't going to call a violation?

Nevadaref · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 01, 2006, 11:56pm

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Originally posted by BktBallRef
So if a player falls face first into the lane but his feet don't break the plane, you aren't going to call a violation?

What rule did he break?

I would think that the humiliation would be a sufficient penalty.