Did Hollywood Higgins miss this one???
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I thought so when I saw it. HIggins didn't lean over until too late. By the time he had a good view, the Tech player had lifted his foot off the line. The fact that Higgins leaned over told me that he knew he missed it.
He didn't miss as badly as the WBB official who called ISU for a 9-second backcourt violation from 50 feet away.
Absolutely no reason to be out that far, and it was like he didn't have any idea the line was there. Got really lucky on a critical play.
I could be wrong, but I think the over and back rule is set up so the player is like a 3 legged stool. The players two feet and the ball are the 3 legs. One foot can cross the line if the ball and the other foot are still in the frontcourt.
I could also be wrong, but I think once you are fully established in the front court, anything crossing the line is a violation.
Calling it would’ve benefited Texas, so no he didn’t miss it!
You have it backwards. As Cyclonepride said, once you establish, anything crossing back is a violation. It is establishing in the front court where all three "legs of the stool" have to be across for you to be considered in the front court and can't go back. Sometimes guys get burned by receiving a pass from a teammate in the front court before they "touchdown" while jumping across the line. I have seen it several times this season where I thought for sure that ISU was going to get whistled for it but they didn't.
By the way, wasn't it Tech that ended up losing late in the Tourney on a back court violation because the referees didn't have the balls to call the foul when the dribbler got bodied across the line? I'm not sure this one was missed but I'm perfectly okay with them getting a little bit of good luck go their way even if it was missed.
EDIT: Sorry, that was TCU I was thinking of...
EDIT: Sorry, that was TCU I was thinking of...
Hard to tell but look at that body bend by a near 60 year old. Elite athlete.
Quite odd, that player went right to the edge more than once, never seen that before. Good no call by Higgins IMO.
On another topic, did ya hear there's an active shooter coming to the ISU campus? Check out who is watching...:
On another topic, did ya hear there's an active shooter coming to the ISU campus? Check out who is watching...:
After a brief look at the rules, I never saw anything that suggested '"3 legs of a stool". I would be interested in seeing that explained.
The closest I found (to 3 legs of a stool) was this:
A basketball player may not dribble the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt and then return to the backcourt again. This is called an over-and-back violation. However, the dribbler has quite a bit of leeway when in the process of dribbling. The dribbler is not considered to be in the front court until both feet and the basketball are in the front court. If the dribbler has one foot in the backcourt while the ball and the other foot are in the front court, the dribbler is still considered to be in the backcourt. However, once the dribbler has both feet and the ball in the front court, the ball must remain in the front court from that point forward.
Backcourt Violation Rules
Backcourt violations are among the most misunderstood in basketball. Many players know that they must advance the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt in a specific period of time, but few know what specifically constitutes a backcourt violation.
www.sportsrec.com
Here, it further defines 'over and back':
[Well, this site wouldn't let me copy and paste, but look at the "Over and Back Rule" there.]
Basketball Backcourt Violation
After a brief look at the rules, I never saw anything that suggested '"3 legs of a stool". I would be interested in seeing that explained.
The closest I found (to 3 legs of a stool) was this:
A basketball player may not dribble the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt and then return to the backcourt again. This is called an over-and-back violation. However, the dribbler has quite a bit of leeway when in the process of dribbling. The dribbler is not considered to be in the front court until both feet and the basketball are in the front court. If the dribbler has one foot in the backcourt while the ball and the other foot are in the front court, the dribbler is still considered to be in the backcourt. However, once the dribbler has both feet and the ball in the front court, the ball must remain in the front court from that point forward.
Backcourt Violation Rules
Backcourt violations are among the most misunderstood in basketball. Many players know that they must advance the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt in a specific period of time, but few know what specifically constitutes a backcourt violation.
Here, it further defines 'over and back':
[Well, this site wouldn't let me copy and paste, but look at the "Over and Back Rule" there.]
Basketball Backcourt Violation
www.rookieroad.com
That is how I've understood "the 3-legged stool" (one foot, the other foot, and the ball). Until you have both feet and the ball in the front-court, you are still considered to be in the back-court (and therefore no over-and-back can be called).