Backcourt violation?

[Tom Doane]

Is this a backcourt violation? Player has the ball in frontcourt begins to dribble across court,defensive player bumps them ball comes loose but stays in frontcourt. The offensive player stumbled into the backcourt then regained balance came into frontcourt and was first one to touch the ball. The official called a backcourt violation.The ball was always in frontcourt,how is this a violation?

[JugglingReferee]

This is not a violation.

In fact, there might be a foul called there.

But you are correct, the criteria required to call a backcourt violation have not been met, as the ball did not ever enter the backcourt. Sure, frontcourt status had been acheived, and the team A player was the first to touch the basketball, but it was after *he* was in the backcourt, not the ball, so I got nothing, except maybe some damage control if a foul wasn't called.

Mike

[Edited by JugglingReferee on Mar 8th, 2003 at 08:55 AM]

[mick]

Originally posted by Tom Doane
Is this a backcourt violation? Player has the ball in frontcourt begins to dribble across court,defensive player bumps them ball comes loose but stays in frontcourt. The offensive player stumbled into the backcourt then regained balance came into frontcourt and was first one to touch the ball. The official called a backcourt violation.The ball was always in frontcourt,how is this a violation?

Welcome to the forum, Tom.

"The offensive player stumbled into the backcourt then regained balance came into frontcourt and was first one to touch the ball."

If the offensive player had neither foot in the back court, but had a foot in the front court, then that player was in the front court and there should have been no violation.
mick