Baseline Throw In Hits Net...

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Ok, but what if the ball hit the rim, then touched the net (from the inside), continued through the basket, and landed in-bounds?

one word: impossible

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by just another ref

one word: impossible

I actually see that happen many times during a game, don't you? (Except for the throw-in part...)

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I actually see that happen many times during a game, don't you? (Except for the throw-in part...)

I was actually picturing the ball entering the basket from the bottom. I have called this violation once in 20+ years.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by just another ref

I was actually picturing the ball entering the basket from the bottom.

Ah, I get you now. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough on the direction of the ball; I was picturing it hitting the rim, then falling through from above.

Originally Posted by just another ref

I have called this violation once in 20+ years.

I, too, have only called it once.

Anyway, the point of my incessant questions was to try to point out to our buddy Coltdoggs that he probably was probably thinking in the back of his mind that there's something wrong with touching the net during a throw-in, but the real violation would be if the ball goes untouched through the basket during a throw-in (9-2-7).