Official Rule - The Inbounds Pass Off the Bottom of the Backboard

[ifarania]

BUConnor: I'd say the coach's shoes today, but that was for a good cause. How about the shoes of an Iraqi JOURNALIST?

[dogsrus]

What got me is Comsquat NEVER showed the replay...Its not like it was a big play or anything. Hey the ref called it.....so you live with it but its hard to make a call, as a fan, when you can't see the replay.


GREAT game....disappointed but not upset. BOTH team played there hearts out....1-1 split. Would love to see em AT the lou.

[egib52]

I heard the call on the radio...but was DVRing the game. So when I got home I replayed it numerous times and it looked like the ball hit the backside near the bottom...possibly even the support behind the basket. I think it was a bad call, but if we finish inside we win and it would be moot.

[SFP]

I think it was a bad call, but if we finish inside we win and it would be moot.

I agree with you egib52...The loss really does not upset me as much as I thought it would! What really matters is that this team is improving on a weekly basis. Now if we had some bigs that could hit those bunnies and layups we could be extremely dangerous. I hope our bigs start to improve on the road. They seem to show up at home but when they are on some other floor they seem to regress. I hope a neutral floor doesn't upset their mojo. We will go as far as DC and SS take us IMO and they do not even have to play great for us to be very good just make sure they play even with the other teams big.

[dogsrus]

Lets face it....almost every game you get a call that sticks out...since this game was so close the backboard play certainly does but THATS basketball. It didn't cost us the game....missed bunnies and poor low post D did.....


Great effort by BU.....no complaints.

[Out of Bounce]

http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uplo...a5977ca70b.pdf

RULE 7
Out of Bounds and
the Throw-in
Section 1. Out of Bounds—Player, Ball

Art. 1.

A player shall be out of bounds when he or she touches the floor or

any object other than a player on or outside a boundary line. An airborne
player’s status shall be where he or she was last in contact with the floor.
Art. 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;
the supports or back of the backboard; or the ceiling, overhead equipment
or supports.
Art. 3.

The ball shall be out of bounds when it passes over the backboard
from any direction.

The ball hit off the bottom of the backboard, not the back of the backboard. I think it was the right call, even though the moronic ref said it hit the rim (not really possible). Tough break.

What about BU's shot the was waved off in the first half. It looked to me from Sec HH that the ball bounced off the top of the board and then went through the hoop Whats the difference

[thefish7]

What about BU's shot the was waved off in the first half. It looked to me from Sec HH that the ball bounced off the top of the board and then went through the hoop Whats the difference
[/LEFT]

On this one, right call, the ball hit the shotclock (or that's how it looked to me on TV).

I don't think the refs made the right call on the inbounds play, but there are plenty of calls that go that way in any given game. As far as it goes, I thought these refs did a pretty decent job on the game, so I have no complaints. Was a good game by both teams, just didn't quite go in our favor.

[Boiler]

It hit the backboard

Jim Les said the officials told him the ball hit the rim, therefore was in play.

as anyone who watched the replay or watched it live could see. The refs blew the call and should've reviewed it, period. I watched the replay and there is no doubt, no question, and anyone who says other wise is wrong and lying.

[Da Coach]

I watched the replay of the game, and no doubt it hit the backboard.

[BRADLEY FAN 49]

There is no way this ball just hit the bottom of the back board, it came almost straight down. If it had hit the bottom of the back board it would have been more of a glancing blow and would have went farther out on the court.

Just another case of Bradley not getting a call in a critical part of the game.

I will admit other than that call I don't think the game was called to badly.

I think we lost the game by not playing very well in the first 10 minutes.

[TINMAN76]

what i don't get is why this play was not reviewed. Another case of s##t reffing in the valley!

[wily coyote]

it's the ref's call.. I have seen it called both ways...
I have seen the exact same play called out of bounds, but this time they allowed it.

anyway...the guy who inbounded the ball cannot be the first one to touch it once it's in bounds...and that's also what appeared to happen.

Tornado, I just finished watching the replay several times. It is quite clear by the angle the ball caromed it could not of hit the back of the backboard. The ball came forward and the thrower in is NOT THE FIRST to touch it. It comes directly to #12 who is in front of the backboard in the lane about 3-4 feet in front of the hoop. If the ball would have hit the back of the backboard it would have caromed backwards and it DID NOT it went forward.Did the official error in saying it hit the ring? Yes he did. It would have been impossible to hit the ring with an over hand pass from under the basket. Bottom line is we are complaining again about a rule interpratation that we know nothing about. I love Dave, Coach and Bisch but they agreed it hit the bottom of the board and as someone has pointed out by rule in another post THAT IS LEGAL. The easy way to remember this rule is ALL four edges of the backboard are in play but, the ball may NOT pass over the top from either direction. Great effort by our Braves , we just came up short. I would like one more crack at them in ST. Louis. Go Braves

[Dr Hong]

I've seen the bottom/back of the backboard called in games at lower levels (Mostly grade school) and those refs invariably call it out of bounds FWIW...

[TINMAN76]

Tornado, I just finished watching the replay several times. It is quite clear by the angle the ball caromed it could not of hit the back of the backboard. The ball came forward and the thrower in is NOT THE FIRST to touch it. It comes directly to #12 who is in front of the backboard in the lane about 3-4 feet in front of the hoop. If the ball would have hit the back of the backboard it would have caromed backwards and it NOT it went forward.Did the official error in saying it hit the ring? Yes he did. It would have been impossible to hit the ring with an over hand pass from under the basket. Bottom line is we are complaining again about a rule interpratation that we know nothing about. I love Dave, Coach and Bisch but they agreed it hit the bottom of the board and as someone has pointed out by rule in another post THAT IS LEGAL. The easy way to remember this rule is ALL four edges of the backboard are in play but, the ball may NOT pass over the top from either direction. Great effort by our Braves , we just came up short. I would like one more crack at them in ST. Louis. Go Braves

any one who calls the RIM the ring doesn't know the first thing about basketball and shouldn't comment on it!

[wily coyote]

I've seen the bottom/back of the backboard called in games at lower levels (Mostly grade school) and those refs invariably call it out of bounds FWIW...

Dr Hong with all due respect to those officials working the grade school level, thats why you may have seen it called that way. If you see a varsity or college official call the bottom of the board OB they have ERRED. End of story.