Backcourt questions

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by PYRef

Under NCAA rules, the first statement is obviously true, and the second one can be.
There is Team Control during a throw-in (4-15-2c), however, if the throw-in is adjacent to the division line, an inbounds player in the front court not in control of the ball, may cause the ball to go into the backcourt.(7-6-8)

I guess I only wonder how much distance away they can be before they're not considered "adjacent" to the line.

That will be a question at our next rules clinic.

You might want to re-read the rule (or else I need to), because it doesn't say "adjacent to the division line." Instead, it says "adjacent to a front-court or back-court boundary line" -- by which they mean either the sideliine or either end-line.

The phrase isn't really needed (since all throw ins are adjacent to a boundary line), but it's there to empahsize that it doesn't matter whether the throw-in is adjacent to the front court or the back court.

[Bearfanmike20]

Question:

ok.. A1 passes to A2.. B2 deflects the ball into the backcourt and A2 goes and gets it... vioaltion?? t or f

[Splute]

Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20

Question:

ok.. A1 passes to A2.. B2 deflects the ball into the backcourt and A2 goes and gets it... vioaltion?? t or f

False, no violation. B2 was last to touch in A's frontcourt (I am making some assumptions with your scenario), thus A can recover in A's backcourt. I am also assuming the ball has bounced at least once in A's backcourt prior to touch now where is that thead?

[CoachP]

Originally Posted by Bearfanmike20

Question:

ok.. A1 passes to A2.. B2 deflects the ball into the backcourt and A2 goes and gets it... vioaltion?? t or f

True - if the ball never touches the floor in the backcourt.
False - if the ball touches floor in the backcourt.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You might want to re-read the rule (or else I need to), because it doesn't say "adjacent to the division line." Instead, it says "adjacent to a front-court or back-court boundary line" -- by which they mean either the sideliine or either end-line.

The phrase isn't really needed (since all throw ins are adjacent to a boundary line), but it's there to empahsize that it doesn't matter whether the throw-in is adjacent to the front court or the back court.

That's true. Thanks Bob. I guess I read through it quick and was thinking of it as the frontcourt/backcourt boundary line. That would obviously claear up the adjacent question I had.

My bad