we often see when a team passes in the ball (about to walk the length of the court after the opposition makes a basket/turns it over) the player lets it bounce a little ways before picking it up to save time on the gameclock

hell i think boston college did it nearly every time they weren't defended, even with 8 minutes left in the game

never seen it actually go this long, but if they let it bounce for more than 5 seconds could the ref a 5-second violation for inbounding?

2/27/2006 12:15:57 AM

no because the ball is in play

2/27/2006 12:17:58 AM

but the clock isn't moving

is it like basketball purgatory or something

or the same type of thing as throwing it inbounds but overthrowing your man and it going out of bounds w/o touching anyone resulting in a turnover

2/27/2006 12:19:50 AM

No because teams at the end of games will do this to not run the clock and sometimes roll it all the way past half court.

2/27/2006 12:20:12 AM

does that really take 5 seconds to go all the way across halfcourt though

2/27/2006 12:21:01 AM

Yes usually since they had to start from behind the line and get it rolling. I think it does.

2/27/2006 12:21:59 AM

NCAA Basketball Rule 7 Sec 6 Art. 2. The throw-in count shall end when the ball is released by the
thrower-in so that the ball goes directly onto the playing court.

2/27/2006 12:23:06 AM

Doesn't the inbounds passer have 5 seconds to release the ball, not 5 seconds for someone else to touch it?

[Edited on February 27, 2006 at 12:24 AM. Reason : ^right]

2/27/2006 12:23:38 AM

the 5 seconds ends when the inbounder no longer has the ball in his hands. doesnt have anything to do with when someone inbounds touches it.

[Edited on February 27, 2006 at 12:24 AM. Reason : ^^beat me to it, with the rulebook no less]

2/27/2006 12:24:04 AM

ok

[Edited on February 27, 2006 at 12:24 AM. Reason : ]

2/27/2006 12:24:22 AM