Overturning an OOB call

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Originally Posted by bigwhistle

The calling official may have passed on a foul or some other action and awarded the ball to a team on purpose.

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

I also would prefer he/she come to me just in case I passed on a foul (in this case there wasn't anything to pass on).

Newbie here. Actually prebie. I am considering an attempt to become an official in a couple of years, and thought I would use free time until that point to become as familiar with the rules as possible. This forum is helping a great deal in that regard.

Based on the above quotes, I am curious to get a rules reference for a situation I observed this past Saturday. Junior College game, NCAA rules. A1 controls a defensive rebound near the corner of endline and sideline in front of B's bench. B1 immediately picks up A1 in a full court man-to-man defense. B1 swipes at ball (looked like maybe a foul but maybe not) and causes A1 to lose possession, after which the ball clearly (from where I was sitting) goes off A1's knee and out of bounds on the sideline. T blows whistle and signals Team A's ball and spot throw-in on sideline. B's bench goes crazy. B's coach stands up and yells to T that the ball went off A1's knee. T says something to B's coach in an attempt at an explanation. B's coach then immediately yells, "then call a foul, you just can't give them the ball if it went off her leg." T ignores B's coach, administers the throw-in and the game proceeds without further incident.

Does anyone have a rules reference or explanation for the practice of "passing on a foul" and awarding the ball to the team that touched it last before going out of bounds? If this has been discussed before, I apologize, I couldn't find anything using the search function. Thanks for the help.