A Mike Patrick Gem
 

"The 5 second count ends when the dribbler passes that little hash on the sideline."

Good grief. :o

The same game Jay Bilas says after an FSU was called for a PC foul. Bilas says, "He (Duke player Jon Scheyer) did not have the angle and he was moving."

I guess Patrick was rubbing off on Bilas.

Peace

Yes, "He was not set and was still moving" was used multiple times on that instant reply. Although I still thing it was a bang-bang block.

I believe he referred to the 28-foot line as the "quarter-court line" - when the dribbler "gets past that line, then the count stops and starts over." Is somebody kidding? That's just completely bizarre.

Would that be the hash that is at the end of the coaching box?

While it was before my time, there was a count rule that did depend on the 28' hash marks. They're not completely making it up....just hopelessly out-of-date.

Perhaps one of our resident fossils could fill us in on what that rule was???

Yep, the 28' hash.

Brad Nessler tells us that 21-0 is the best Carolina start ever.

I think anybody that knows anything about college basketball knows that Carolina went 32-0 in 1957, beating Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas in 3OT for the National Championship.

Guys really need to do their homework. I can hardly wait to hear these two yahoos broadcast Tennessee-Vanderbilt tomorrow night. :(

Well, that means they won't be doing the IU game, so there is some light at the end of this! :D

That would be the HASH he was smoking just before he made that comment...:D :D

Midcourt Forecourt
 

The 28 foot midcourt hashmark used to separate the frontcourt into the midcourt and the forecourt. It used to be used, as stated in previous posts, to start a new five second count. It also used to be used for the old Lack of Action rule. If I remember correctly, the team behind, when on offense, had a certain amount of time to advance the ball from the midcourt into the forecourt. I believe that the amount of time allowed changed from ??? to ??? during the mid-1980's. Veterans, please help.