Maryland coach takes to the floor. What?

[Palindrome_rivals517509]

Ball in play in the Maryland front court with 20-some seconds remaining in the game. Standing dribble to take time off the clock. Maryland player, not ball handler, saunters to a position FT-line-high near the Terrapins bench and stands there. Coach comes on to the floor a couple of shuffle steps and pushes his guy toward the end line.

Could have just shouted at him and waved him to the other position, I guess ... but he puts his hands on the guy instead. I don't know the rule, but there must be one, huh? Should that not have been a ...... something? Technical foul? Turnover, ball to Nebraska? I heard no comments from the announcers. Odd.

While I am thinking of it, in one of the women's games (ours?) a player dribbles to the midcourt line, stops, and picks up her dribble with one foot on each side of the line. Then she passes to a teammate completely in their back court. Should there have been an over-and-back call?

 

[bjm989_rivals]

If memory serves - three points of the player must be over the line to count as crossing half court: both feet and the ball. But once over, even touching the half court line with one foot is a back court violation.

Of course, I thought that a player on a sideline in bounds could not even pivot...

This post was edited on 3/8 9:18 PM by bjm989

 

[Palindrome_rivals517509]

Makes sense. It was too obvious for the refs to miss, if it were an infraction.

Of course, I thought that a ref could not miss an obvious goaltending call at the Ohio State game .....

 

[heet75]

if memory serves me it is the ball that has to be over the line,,,nothing to do with the player...

 

[WildcatWillie_rivals223246]

Frontcourt - backcourt

I didn't see the play but based on your description ...

"Over and back" only applies once frontcourt status is obtained. A dribbler is only in frontcourt if, as was stated elsewhere, both feet and ball are across the line. Until then, backcourt status applies and count continues. Until backcourt count expires, it's possible to weave back and forth multiple times without "3 point" status applying.

 

[pawildcat_rivals209725]

The women's game only added the 10-second rule a couple of years ago. Until then, it wouldn't have mattered.

I've noticed all year that coaches are roaming onto the court while the ball is in play. It's gotten to the point where I think the refs have to start calling them on it to get things under control, or one of these days, a ref will run into one of these guys at a critical point in play, and a major snafu will result.

 

[Palindrome_rivals517509]

This article speaks to the issue of coaches being on the court during games. Crean and Izzo are cited, and Calipari is said to have gone out and pushed one of his players into position --- like in that Maryland game the other day. Not sure if that Calipari one was while the ball was in play as it was in Maryland's game.

Enforce the rule already.

 

[CatQ]

Originally posted by Palindrome:
This article speaks to the issue of coaches being on the court during games. Crean and Izzo are cited, and Calipari is said to have gone out and pushed one of his players into position --- like in that Maryland game the other day. Not sure if that Calipari one was while the ball was in play as it was in Maryland's game.

Not going to say anything about this because our guy, CC, is a huge offender of being past the coaches line and being on the court. He'll usually get a warning, or other coaches will pull him back after he's been warned, but he looks like his place is anywhere on his end of the half court line and up to the free throw lane.