7-1-2: What am I missing?

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by just another ref

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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Is the ball out of bounds when it touches a player who is out of bounds? Yes.

Is the ball out of bounds when it touches any person, floor or object outside a boundary? Yes.

Is the ball out of bounds when it touches a supports or back of backboard? Yes.

So then your answer to the question is (D). These 3 cases may not be all the cases which cause the ball to become dead, but they're all true. IOW, it's options are correct, but incomplete.

Jugs, I agree it's incomplete; however, as written I agree the answer is D - a certain state association doesn't agree.

Edit: I must be missing something.