ncaa men's: 'absolutes' and goaltending

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by rockchalk jhawk

on the subject of absolutes, they showed a play in the ncaa video where a player was breaking up the court by himself without the ball for an easy basket. the ball is thrown to him, but while the ball is in the air for the pass, he's tripped up, goes to the floor, and never ends up touching the ball and never technically becomes a 'ball handler' and the ball goes oob. is this still an 'absolute foul'?

I believe this is an "absolute" because if the player was not tripped they will score an "easy basket". From your description, this is an obvious advantage being nullified.

-Josh