Backcourt Call and Commentators

[CYO Butch]

Last night during an NCAA women's game, A1 was dribbling up the court and picked up her dribble with one foot in the frontcourt and one foot in the backcourt. A1 passed to A2 who was in backcourt, followed by a whistle for a backcourt violation. The next several minutes were taken up with the play-by-play announcer and the color analyst (an ex-women's NCAA player, but I don't know who) debating the call. One of them saying "I didn't think you could have backcourt unless both feet were over the line." This was followed by "No, I thought it was where the ball was located, and well, maybe it's where the ball last touched", and so on. They never did show any clue about what actually happened. Couldn't at least one analyst on TV read the rules, or at least take one of the quizzes that show up here? ESPN2 could do better if they even got some HS kid who refs rec leagues to clue them in.