What is the correct call?

[mick]

Originally posted by gabenet
JR, I am not getting confused with football rules. I know the rules quite well. It's just another individual that totally is disagreeing with my call. I know if you shoot up an airball that you can't regain control of the basketball unless it touches an object (meaning person or backboard). The rule in basketball is that if you are the last person to touch the ball and then you step out-of-bounce, you can't be the first person to touch that ball again. I want to know, if it hits a defender while your momentum takes you out-of-bounce, can you reestablish position in bounce and be the next person to touch the ball? Another way of asking that is, if you come back in bounce and touch the ball, are you the first player to touch it even though it hit the defender?

gabenet,
Be careful here.
T'ain't so.
Are you talking about American basketball rulles for college and high school?
mick