NCAA Restricted Area Play

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

the RA only comes into play in specific scenarios....1) when the primary defender has been beaten (with or without the ball) and 2) during an odd-numbered fastbreak/transition play.

Yup, that's why I was questioning myself afterward. But it just seemed wrong for a player to come from out of bounds and then establish a position in the RA.

[Camron Rust]

I think you called it in the spirit of the rule. He was essentially a secondary defender. There was no primary defender. He stepped into the path of A1 within the RA having come from a position where he was not guarding A1. He didn't come into the RA while guarding A1.

[tref]

Interesting! Should we consider a b/c turnover with an immediate dribble drive to be a transition fastbreak? If there is no primary defender on a turnover should we consider all others to be a secondary?

[Scrapper1]

I talked about this play with my partners at a scrimmage today. One thought was that maybe this could be considered a 1-on-0 "fast break" since there were no legal defenders between A1 and the basket at the start of the play.