NCAA Backcourt

[Rob1968]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

Since I'm bundled up nicely in a blanket, while the polar vortex takes its toll on me, instead of going to the rule book I'm just going to ask.

I suppose my laziness is also part of the reason I'm not looking it up myself, but I digress.

Is it correct to say that the player may have FC status, since he/she jumped from the FC, but the ball didn't? For that reason you can't have a BC violation?

So in order for a BC violation to occur, the player that catches the ball would first have to pivot and put both feet on the floor in the FC. Then he/she would have to touch the division line or put a foot into the BC.

Unless he/she started dribbling while straddling the division line, in which case all three points (both feet and the ball) would have to touch the FC. Then, any of the three points would have to touch the division line or BC to violate.

Did I get it, while at the same time staying warm?

Take a look at NF Case Book 4.4.1 : If a player catches the ball with both feet on the floor, one in the frontcourt and one in the bacvkcourt, and then lifts the foot that is in the backcourt, and then puts it back on the floor in the backcourt, it is a backcourt violation.
The would apply in any case in which the ball is legally held by the player, and his/her feet are straddling the division line.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

Is it correct to say that the player may have FC status, since he/she jumped from the FC, but the ball didn't? For that reason you can't have a BC violation?

So in order for a BC violation to occur, the player that catches the ball would first have to pivot and put both feet on the floor in the FC. Then he/she would have to touch the division line or put a foot into the BC.

Those two paragraphs are incorrect.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

NevadaRef:

The throw-in play I am thinking of is: A2 catches A1's throw-in pass while airborne jumping from Team A's Front Court. A2, before returning to the playing surface, passes the ball to A3 who is standing in Team A's Backcourt.

I do believe that the NFHS ruling is different from the NCAA ruling.

MTD, Sr.

If I recall previous discussions on this forum, you are correct. For that particular situation: NFHS = violation, NCAA = no violation.

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

If I recall previous discussions on this forum, you are correct. For that particular situation: NFHS = violation, NCAA = no violation.

On the nfhs side the case play is 9.9.1 E

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

NevadaRef:

The throw-in play I am thinking of is: A2 catches A1's throw-in pass while airborne jumping from Team A's Front Court. A2, before returning to the playing surface, passes the ball to A3 who is standing in Team A's Backcourt.

I do believe that the NFHS ruling is different from the NCAA ruling.

MTD, Sr.

BC in NFHS, is it legal in NCAA?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

If I recall previous discussions on this forum, you are correct. For that particular situation: NFHS = violation, NCAA = no violation.

Originally Posted by Adam

BC in NFHS, is it legal in NCAA?

Adam and NevadaRef:

See what happens when you get "old"? You have too much information to process. LOL

Thanks for confirmation. That was the play I was thinking of when I originally posted about a NFHS/NCAA difference in the OP of this thread.

MTD, Sr.

[Toren]

Originally Posted by Adam

BC in NFHS, is it legal in NCAA?

Illegal on NCAA Men's side.

[UK51]

What is the purpose of the back court violation/rule?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by UK51

What is the purpose of the back court violation/rule?

To keep the game in the front court.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by UK51

What is the purpose of the back court violation/rule?

Originally Posted by Adam

To keep the game in the front court.

In the days before a shot clock, the team with the ball would have had a much easier time running out the clock if they had the entire court to work with. Imagine 4-corners being played with the entire court. The defense wouldn't have had much of a change to steal the ball.

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by UK51

What is the purpose of the back court violation/rule?

It long precedes the shot clock as a way of preventing a team from using the full court to endlessly stall and giving the defense a fair chance to force a turnover.