Good?

[rgncjn]

Alright... Scenario from a youth league game (the coach of Team A is also the high school varsity coach at a nearby school).

A3 obtains the rebound from a missed attempt. On A3's attempt for a goal, the ball goes through the bottom of of the basket, hits the backboard, and then bounces around the rim before passing through the basket from above. Good basket or not? What is your explanation to the coach if the basket is no good, since, in all respect, the ball did enter the basket from above.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by rgncjn

Alright... Scenario from a youth league game (the coach of Team A is also the high school varsity coach at a nearby school).

A3 obtains the rebound from a missed attempt. On A3's attempt for a goal, the ball goes through the bottom of of the basket, hits the backboard, and then bounces around the rim before passing through the basket from above. Good basket or not? What is your explanation to the coach if the basket is no good, since, in all respect, the ball did enter the basket from above.

You're kidding, right?

FED 9-4

[rgncjn]

I told him that the basket was not good, and that he should know that, as it was a violation for the ball to enter from below, regardless if it then fell through from above. He didn't buy my explanation. Anyways, thanks for the rules reference, I was just overlooking that.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rgncjn

I told him that the basket was not good, and that he should know that, as it was a violation for the ball to enter from below, regardless if it then fell through from above. He didn't buy my explanation. Anyways, thanks for the rules reference, I was just overlooking that.

Just explain that it's a violation for the ball to go up through the bottom, and once that happens the ball is dead and a goal cannot be scored.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Just explain that it's a violation for the ball to go up through the bottom, and once that happens the ball is dead and a goal cannot be scored.

That's the key. The violation makes the ball dead. Once that happens, one no longer has a LIVE ball entering the basket from above. Rather one has a dead ball doing that.

6-7-9 The ball becomes dead, or remains dead, when:
. . . A violation, as in 9-2 through 13, occurs (see exception d below).

9-4 A player shall not travel with the ball, as in 4-44, intentionally kick it, as in 4-29, strike it with the fist or cause it to enter and pass through the basket from below.
PENALTY:The ball is dead when the violation occurs and is awarded to the opponents for a throw-in from the designated out-of-bounds spot nearest the violation.

Basketball Rules Fundamentals

3. A goal is made when a live ball enters the basket from above and remains in or passes through unless canceled by a throw-in violation or a player-control foul.

16. The official's whistle seldom causes the ball to become dead (it is already dead).