When does the ten second backcourt count start?

[Sharpshooternes]

I think we have discussed this before but I was just watching one of my videos from summer camp and it got me wondering about it again. Is it upon the release or upon someone, anyone, touching it inbounds?

My gut is saying it starts on the first touch so that it is possible for there to be some delay between the pass and the start of the count. After a timeout, and A1 rolls the ball down the court and then someone picks it up at mid court. I am pretty sure there is no count until the touch as the clock does not run either.
Does it matter after, say, a made basket?

[JRutledge]

A ten second count starts when the ball is possessed. That is not necessarily when the clock starts if stopped.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

A ten second count starts when the ball is possessed.

Also known as the "Linda Blair Rule".

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

I think we have discussed this before but I was just watching one of my videos from summer camp and it got me wondering about it again. Is it upon the release or upon someone, anyone, touching it inbounds?

My gut is saying it starts on the first touch so that it is possible for there to be some delay between the pass and the start of the count. After a timeout, and A1 rolls the ball down the court and then someone picks it up at mid court. I am pretty sure there is no count until the touch as the clock does not run either.
Does it matter after, say, a made basket?

Neither.

And no, it doesn't matter whether it's after a made basket.

[Sharpshooternes]

Originally Posted by Adam

Neither.

And no, it doesn't matter whether it's after a made basket.

I see what you did there. It isn't even the touching that starts the count it is CONTROLLING it in the BACKCOURT. I felt kinda silly even asking the question but I actually learned something from it. Thank you gents.

[bob jenkins]

Aren't they changing it this year to start on the touch?

[Lotto]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Aren't they changing it this year to start on the touch?

In NCAAW, yes.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Lotto

In NCAAW, yes.

I think it's also true in NCAAM

[dsavitzky]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

I think we have discussed this before but I was just watching one of my videos from summer camp and it got me wondering about it again. Is it upon the release or upon someone, anyone, touching it inbounds?

9-8 says that neither a player nor team shall be "in continuous control of of a ball which is in her backcourt for 10 seconds." So it would start when team control is established inbounds. Similarly on a pass from A1 to A2 in the frontcourt deflected by B1 into A's backcourt, a new 10-second count should start as soon as the ball moves into the backcourt because team control was not interrupted.