***Official 2021 NCAA Tournament Thread***

I think you have to establish two feet in bounds before touching the ball. I think at most he had one.
I have never heard the two feet rule. All I am aware of is establish position inbounds. That has nothing to do with two feet. One foot inbounds, one foot in the air is inbounds, whether coming back or going out. But I don't know for certain.
 
I have never heard the two feet rule. All I am aware of is establish position inbounds. That has nothing to do with two feet. One foot inbounds, one foot in the air is inbounds, whether coming back or going out. But I don't know for certain.

Think he's confusing football rules for basketball rules.
 
Think he's confusing football rules for basketball rules.
Actually two separate violations, didn’t establish two feet, can’t be the first player to contact the ball if he was the last person to contact it before going OB.
 
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I replayed the block/recovery play several times. Unless the rule has changed, UCLA ball.
 
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Technically that link says both feet have to be within the boundary line, not that both feet have to touch the floor in bounds. I think he did have both feet within the boundary line when he touched it?
You can't be standing OB and jump back IB and touch the ball w/o ever establishing both feet as IB.
 
From the Minutiae Query File: F4 tip-off times are set for 5:14 an 8:34. Not 5:15 and 8:35. But 14 and 34.

Anyone know if there's a reason for that, from broadcast standpoint? Or is it a "because we can" type of thing?

Yes. And yes.

That way, CBS could start their coverage at 5:00 ET and get all of their elements in before tip-off. Pre-game timing sheets are organized down to the minute.

Except for the tournament, roughly no games actually start at the publicly-listed time. On Saturdays, "11:00" games usually start at 11:01 or 11:02. "1:00" games are more like 1:05. "3:00" can be closer to 3:10. During the week, the "6:00" game is 6:01 or 6:02. Then, the "8:00" game is normally pegged for 8:05, but can bump back as far as 8:10.
 
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I think you have to establish two feet in bounds before touching the ball. I think at most he had one.

Our man Fran has something different to say about that from a very similar play last weekend, and reiterated it last night