St. Joseph's vs. UConn Travel

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bballref3966

Video Request: around the 12-minute mark in the first half, official calls traveling after it seemed a St. Joe's player passed the ball off the backboard to himself.

Originally Posted by RefCT

Trail made the call and I assume he ruled it wasn't a shot (I agree with that - guy clearly threw it against the board because he needed to get out of trouble) and was a pass to himself.

I haven't seen the video but there is no such thing as a pass to himself. A pass, by definition, is to another player. If it comes back to the same player, it is either a dribble, perhaps an illegal one, or nothing. Also, the rules (perhaps it is a case play) expressly allow a player to throw the ball off the backboard, even on purpose, then catch it.