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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bas2456

A1 is dribbling near the top of the lane, closely guarded by B1. A1 slowly advances toward the basket, but never even comes close to getting his head/shoulders past B1. I whistle the violation, and both A coaches yell "But he was advancing the ball!"

They may have been correct twenty years ago. Back in the olden days, there was a twenty-eight foot "hash mark" painted on the court. If during a five second dribbling count, the dribbler advanced the ball past this mark, he got a new five second count. In this situation, he could dribble, closely guarded, for almost ten seconds with having a violation called.

Some older courts still have these fossil "hash marks". Look for them. Collect them. Fossil hunting is an interesting hobby. And I was not talking about Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. when I was talking about fossils. I was thinking about him, but I wasn't talking about him.