My mom does that to me all the time.

I was gonna make some comment about wondering how you could confuse your mom with Jeff, but I didn't.

I was going to call that passive aggressive, but I decided not to.

I've seen a ton of defenders about 2-3 feet away with the outstretched arms by the officials. 6 feet, indeed.

Mark???? :-)

Really?????????????? What about a 2 man game?

I really hope you are not equating his comments to 2 Person? This was not a 2 Person game.

Peace

It's apparent we're talking 3 man in this thread.

That is obvious unless Steve Welmer broke his foot again? :p

Peace

Well that's why they have alternates in the tourney..oh wait that was a joke right? :D

Who? Tennessee, Auburn, or North Carolina?

I'm upset that you had to point that out.

For a defender to obtain (NFHS)/establish (NCAA/FIBA) legal guarding position against an opponent, the defender must have both feet in contact with the floor (inbounds) and facing the opponent (the offensive player does not have to be facing the defensive player). There is no minimum distance required to obtain/establish legal guarding posisition, i.e., a defender can obtain/establish a legal guarding position against an opponent this is fifty (50) feet away, as long as he meets the requirments of obtaining/establishing a legal guarding position.

MTD, Sr.

4.23.Art 2 : Describes obtaining initial LGP
so in the scenario described no LGP was established. Hence no count.
However, IF LGP was initially established then, the opponent could turn around (giving his back ) as described in 4.23.3b and the count should continue as long as the 6 feet maximum distance is retained and was started when LGP was established.

This is my understaning

If you are talking about the initial post, it was the <B>offensive player</B> that had their back to the defense. It was assumed the defender was facing the offensive player. So, yes, a count should be started/going.

inconsistency
 

In both the men's and women's tournaments there has been a great inconsistency thus far in my opinion about when the count is on and off,
last night I watche the womens tourney and a player with the ball had a 6' 9" defender from Mich state guarding her while she held the ball, the defenders Arm was extended and she still about a foot away and there was a count.
I am not sure the defender was within 6 feet much less 3 feet.
in the men's game there have been several situations where players have been still with defenders right on top of them with no counts or dribbling for well over 5 seconds (clock time) with no calls.
If I had one complaint about something being called or not in the tourney's that would be it.