USC-UCLA Basket Interference? (Video)

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

See NFHS 6-4-3e

I was only kidding about "double" basket interference. I didn't realize that there was a real simultaneous basket interference rule.

I hope that this doesn't cost me my Esteemed Forum Member status. It took me ten years, and 13,000 posts, to achieve this status. I don't want to lose it because of one stupid joke that backfired on me.

NFHS 6-4-3-E: Alternating-possession throw-ins shall be from the out-of bounds spot nearest to where the ball was located. An alternating possession throw-in shall result when: Opponents commit simultaneous goaltending or basket-interference violations.

If the ball went in the basket, should the basket count, or not? If the ball didn't go in the basket, should the basket be awarded, or not?

Once we get those questions answered, we can move on to a multiple basket interference situation. Award, or wave off, double the points? Right?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

It took me three slow motion replays to see it, but you're absolutely correct.

Good luck seeing this in a real game, in real time.

Sometimes, we can't see the specific act at full speed but we can see clues that reveal the act. Primarily, the sound that someone else mentioned (I was watching the video with no sound), and the reaction of the net, it responded like a rubber band being shot. That tells you it was grabbed, pulled down, and released. Then, seeing the ball pop up unnaturally completes the puzzle.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Sometimes, we can't see the specific act at full speed but we can see clues that reveal the act. Primarily, the sound that someone else mentioned (I was watching the video with no sound), and the reaction of the net, it responded like a rubber band being shot. That tells you it was grabbed, pulled down, and released. Then, seeing the ball pop up unnaturally completes the puzzle.

You know, I stand by the points I made earlier, but after watching the video a lot more and listening to the sound, I agree it's definitely BI. The ball was affected. Even with the video I'm still not 100% sure whose arm got the net, but I think it was probably white. So UCLA should have been awarded two points there.

Golly gee that's a tough call in real time. As if your everyday vanilla BI is any easier. Sheesh.