UNC vs. SCAR (Women's) Throw-In Violation Missed?

[bballref3966]

Somewhere between 16- and 17-minute marks in second half. South Carolina has a sideline throw-in in front of its bench, the thrown ball hits Dawn Staley's rolled-up paper and knocks it out of her hand. No call.

[JetMetFan]

Here's the play...

[Raymond]

Keep the game moving.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Should have been a throw-in violation by White.

MTD, Sr.

[rockyroad]

Having a hard time thinking today...why would this be a throw-in violation? The thrower released a pass (in time) directly onto the court. Stupid coach raises arm with rolled up paper in it and rolled up paper is over the line and over the in-bounds area.. .if calling anything, shouldn't it be a T on the coach for interfering with a live ball?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Having a hard time thinking today...why would this be a throw-in violation? The thrower released a pass (in time) directly onto the court. Stupid coach raises arm with rolled up paper in it and rolled up paper is over the line and over the in-bounds area.. .if calling anything, shouldn't it be a T on the coach for interfering with a live ball?

It hit a person or object that was OOB.

NCAA 7-1-2
The ball shall be out of bounds when it touches a player who is out of bounds; any other person, the floor or any object on or outside a boundary;...


I would think that the coach would be considered to be OOB since she was standing OOB. If not, then you'd have a coach interfering with play while out of the coaches box and a T would be in order (it might be anyway, as you suggest, even if the coach was in the box, if it was anything more than accidental).

So, it would be a throwin violation because the ball went OOB before being touched by another player inbounds.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It hit a person or object that was OOB.

NCAA 7-1-2
The ball shall be out of bounds when it touches a player who is out of bounds; any other person, the floor or any object on or outside a boundary;...


I would think that the coach would be considered to be OOB since she was standing OOB. If not, then you'd have a coach interfering with play while out of the coaches box and a T would be in order (it might be anyway, as you suggest, even if the coach was in the box, if it was anything more than accidental).

So, it would be a throwin violation because the ball went OOB before being touched by another player inbounds.

Yabut...

It didn't hit the coach who was standing oob. It hit the rolled up paper, which was over the playing surface, so it was inbounds. Seems to me that is the coach interfering..

Weird play. Something needed to be called. The violation would be the common sense call, but I just don't see it supported by the rule. Again - probably just me being thick.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Yabut...

It didn't hit the coach who was standing oob. It hit the rolled up paper, which was over the playing surface, so it was inbounds. Seems to me that is the coach interfering..

Weird play. Something needed to be called. The violation would be the common sense call, but I just don't see it supported by the rule. Again - probably just me being thick.

Sort of like a backboard/basket/net hanging over the sideline in many small gyms? Or the ceiling or stuff hanging from the ceiling?

I don't think that being over the inbounds area makes something inbounds.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I don't think that being over the inbounds area makes something inbounds.

Agree.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Sort of like a backboard/basket/net hanging over the sideline in many small gyms? Or the ceiling or stuff hanging from the ceiling?

I don't think that being over the inbounds area makes something inbounds.

Ok...that makes sense.