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Message: [QUOTE="Deadrody, post: 4215624, member: 937"] I'd have to see something official, but just having touched it with a finger tip shouldn't be the determining factor. Whaley did not tip the ball into the backcourt. His finger may have grazed the ball as it was 100% going into the backcourt. The way the rule is written in the NBA, it would have to be sent into the backcourt by the tip, which in this case it clearly wasn't. The NCAA rule is a little more problematic. There are two sections that contradict one another - last touched by the opposing team, not a violation, either team can recover the ball without a violation if the ball was CAUSED to go into the backcourt by the defense. The spirit of the rule should not be about a ball that may have been grazed by a finger tip. [/QUOTE]