UGA committed a backcourt violation on the game winner

I was thinking the same. Didn't replay it though.

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tigahlovah

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don't understand the rules

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You don’t have to establish both feet in backcourt when catching the ball. You can straddle the half court line if you want.

The UGA player would have had to establish both feet and the ball in the front court. Then if he stepped backcourt it would have been a violation.

I saw that too

He first touches the ball with one foot in the front court and the other in the backcourt. It was the correct call.

If the ball is being passed inbounds from front to backcourt, the player catching the ball has to have BOTH FEET ESTABLISHED IN THE BACKCOURT TO CATCH THE BALL. This is a FACT!!!! The uga player did not do this. Sure there were things we did not do that would have won the game, but that was a missed call at a CRITICAL time by the refs.

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the player catching the ball has to have BOTH FEET ESTABLISHED IN THE BACKCOURT TO CATCH THE BALL.

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No he doesn’t. backcourt violatations don’t occur until all three of the ball, and both feet are established in the front court.

There was no back court violation by Georgia. Since the throw in can cause the ball to go into the the back court without a violation, the only thing that matters is where the player is once he establishes control of the ball. The player having his feet on one side of the court or the other doesn't mean anything until the player actually possesses the ball.

Mick, if you and I could sit down with an ncaa official and view that tape with him, I would bet you a grand he would say I am right on this. Anyone that knows basketball rules knows this!!!!