GT for the win

[johnny d]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

NFHS: The ball has to be on its downward flight in order to be goaltending.

Goaltending when a player touches the ball during a try, or tap, while it is in its downward flight, entirely above the basket ring level, and has the possibility of entering the basket.

Basket interference: A player cannot touch the ball, ring, or net while the ball is on the ring or within the basket. A player cannot touch the ball if it is in the imaginary cylinder.

Thanks BillyMac, looks to me like the determining factor between BI or GT is whether or not the ball is in the cylinder. Once in the cylinder, even if moving downward, the call would be BI, not GT.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Looks to me like the determining factor between BI or GT is whether or not the ball is in the cylinder.

NFHS: That's only one factor, there are others. For example, for goaltending, it has to be a try, or a tap. For basket interference, it can be a try, or a tap, or something else, like an inbounds pass that ends up on the rim, or a ball that ricochets off a player's shoulder that ends up on the rim.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Thanks BillyMac, looks to me like the determining factor between BI or GT is whether or not the ball is in the cylinder. Once in the cylinder, even if moving downward, the call would be BI, not GT.

In the cylinder is ONE of the determining factors. Another requirement of GT is downward flight. Billy pointed out that GT also requires a try for goal.

Since I can't tell from the video clip angle whether the ball is within the cylinder, I cited the upward motion of the ball at the time of player contact as the definitive reason that this couldn't be GT under NFHS/NCAA rules.

Now if one could be positive that the ball was withing the cylinder, then one could cite that.