Halfcourt Line

Mark Dexter · #1 (**permalink**) Sat Nov 10, 2001, 11:12pm

I should know this one, but I can't seem to find the rules or casebook play.

A1 is bringing the ball up after a made basket. A2 is straddling the halfcourt line - one foot FC, other BC. A1 passes to A2.

If A2 starts a dribble, can he then move completely into the backcourt? Also, are there any other restrictions on his movement?

Just Curious · #2 (**permalink**) Sat Nov 10, 2001, 11:21pm

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter

If A2 starts a dribble, can he then move completely into the backcourt? Also, are there any other restrictions on his movement?

Yes.... He can move completely into backcourt because technically he still is in backcourt. He never gain front court status... NF 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.6

Richard Ogg · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 12, 2001, 04:12pm

The only problem is if A2 first pivots on the foot in the FC. This requires the foot in the BC to be raised off the floor, and A2 now has FC status. The dribbling exception (3 points, both feet and ball) is not in force because A2 is not (yet) dribbling.

#4 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 13, 2001, 04:27pm

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I should know this one, but I can't seem to find the rules or casebook play.

A1 is bringing the ball up after a made basket. A2 is straddling the halfcourt line - one foot FC, other BC. A1 passes to A2.

If A2 starts a dribble, can he then move completely into the backcourt? Also, are there any other restrictions on his movement?

What if A2, straddling the division line fumbles the ball into the front court, then while still straddling the line picks it up? BC violation?

Mark Padgett · #5 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 13, 2001, 04:35pm

Isn't it weird that the division line is always in the backcourt? What I mean is, if team A has the ball, their backcourt includes the entire line, but if team B has the ball, the line is now part of their backcourt even though the line never moved!!!

I think Kafka wrote the NF rules.

Camron Rust · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 13, 2001, 06:07pm

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Originally posted by Suppref

Quote:

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I should know this one, but I can't seem to find the rules or casebook play.

A1 is bringing the ball up after a made basket. A2 is straddling the halfcourt line - one foot FC, other BC. A1 passes to A2.

If A2 starts a dribble, can he then move completely into the backcourt? Also, are there any other restrictions on his movement?

What if A2, straddling the division line fumbles the ball into the front court, then while still straddling the line picks it up? BC violation?

Yes, violation. The ball gained FC status when it bounced...a fumbler does not benefit from the dribbler exception. When A2 touches the ball again, it has backcourt status. There was team control by A the entire time. A2 was the last to touch the ball that had frontcourt status before A2 touched it in the backcourt.

[Edited by Camron Rust on Nov 13th, 2001 at 06:40 PM]