FSU @ GA Tech...final shot

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by just another ref

The hand check did not cause the travel, in my opinion, but it doesn't have to to be a foul.

It did not CAUSE the travel in the sense that the defender did not push the ball handler backward. But did it CAUSE the travel in the sense that in order to start his move to the basket the ball handler had to step backward to get away from the illegal contact?

I just didn't understand why the previous poster would put the travel call ahead of the hand check call in his prioritized list of calls.