I need help on call I made tonight.
 

I need help on a call that I made tonight that I believe I may have gotten wrong.
Here is the situation: A1 attempts to dunk the basketball. As A1 gets above the rim, the ball slips from his hands and goes upward about two feet. A1 then grabs the ring and pulls down on it (ball is in cylinder at this time, probably about a foot above the ring). I call basket interference and then the ball falls straight down through the net. I wave off the basket and the coach of Team A questions why it's basket interference. I state that since the ball was in the cylinder and A1 grabbed the ring that it is basket interference. At halftime, my partners and I talk about it and try to search the NCAA rulebook for the correct call. We couldn't find the information we needed.

So...Can someone please help me to know if I was right or wrong on this play. Please cite NCAA rulebook with answer. Thanks for the help. If anyone needs more information about the play, please let me know.

It's not basket interference. Rule 4.4.2 states that the ring must touch the ball before it goes back to its original position for it to be BI. In your case, the ball went straight through the hoop, so no BI.

Yep, you kicked it. The only possible call here is a technical foul for grasping the ring not to prevent an injury and since you said that this was a dunk attempt gone awry, that likely isn't appropriate.

Here is the NCAA BI rule:
Rule 4

Section 4. Basket Interference

Art. 1.

a. Touches the ball or any part of the basket while the ball is on or

within the basket;
b. Touches the ball while any part of it is within the cylinder that has
the ring as its lower base; or
c. Reaches through the basket from below and touches the ball before
it enters the cylinder.

A.R. 68.

A.R. 69.

A.R. 70.

A.R. 71.

Art. 2.

down by a player so that it contacts the ball before the ring returns to its

original position.

If A1 was still holding onto the rim when the ball entered the basket, it would be BI.

True, but not applicable to the original post. TGR called BI <b>before</b> the ball entered the basket.

That doesn't means it's not BI. That just means he blew his whistle to early. :)

Similar sit. happen in my college game....only the player was still holding the rim when the ball finally passed thru the rim/basket (after bouncing up in air while still in cylinder).

As the T I froze and was about to call a T, but C came with a BI and waved off the basket. This was the absolute best outcome on the play....H coach is happy his player did not get a T for hanging on the rim and the V coach is happy because there is no basket. Neither coach said a word or complained about the call.....

Well, I guess that's better than making the <b>right</b> call and pissing someone off.

I guess.

Very good addition, Camron. I was envisioning the player letting go of the ring before the ball came down and entered the basket. The OP may have actually gotten the call correct for the wrong reason. :)

How is calling BI not the right call? It is precisely the right call.

The grabbing of the rim is, at most, a judgement call and you can't say that it was right or wrong....especially if it was a dunk attempt and even more so if there were other players near the basket.

Jeffpea wrote "As the T I froze and was about to call the T...". He had <b>already</b> judged that it shoulda been a "T" but was simply late blowing the whistle to call it- for some reason. His partner then called BI, so he just plain decided that he would ignore his own call. His rationale was that no one complained and everybody was happy.

My opinion is that you have to make the <b>right</b> call, and whether anyone is happy or not with your call should never be a factor.

You're trying to make a supposition out of a fact, Camron.