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[QUOTE="upperdeck, post: 1615661, member: 474"]
Basketball has 2 rules about going off the court..

1) if you go off the court as the result of making a play you have to re-establish before touching the ball.   The clemson guy who made the last 3 did not before catching the pass and making the 3.. clear violation

2) if you step off the court own your own like to avoid a screen or to get around players its an instant violation.  you see it all the time players running the baseline and running around screens out of bounds.. its even an example in the rule book.  for some reason its hardly ever called.  in this case the clemson kid was trapped threw the ball back up top, then steps out of bounds and jumps back in to catch the pass, he needs one foot down before the contact if you dont rule he stepped out as the result of some other play.   it was a violation, but again seldom do they call it. if there are players in the way and you run off the court to get around them thats a violation.

the cooney play was bad.. there was no time on the shot clock, everyone knew he was going to throw it up except the ref i guess.  but the last Lydon foul was really a bad call and obvious to all except the ref with no position to make the call.
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