bad call almost costs kent st.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by DrakeM
Bart,
I'm not saying wait until the shot goes in before you call a jump ball. I'm saying (IMO) the only way you can call a jump ball on that play is if BOTH players come back down to the ground and then the ball comes loose, or some other effect of the loose ball.

You're absolutely correct that the play must return to the ground before calling the held ball. (Similar to the NFL rule, however, none of the replays I saw conclusively showed whether or not the Kent player returned to the ground, but you could see that he was descending from his jump.)

However, I take issue on the 'let the ball come loose before you call it' approach that you seem to be taking. If the player returns to the ground with the ball in his hands, you have a travel (assuming this isn't part of a jump stop-esqe move). If this happens, the loose ball is negated by the dead ball for the travel (also, it looks really weird to call a held ball when no one is touching it!).