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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 1391479, member: 2350"]
In FIBA, it's only 8 seconds and it doesn't reset in that situation. If the ball goes out of bounds off the defense in the backcourt, the offense gets it back with whatever was on the 8 second count. And to pass the ball into the backcourt, after having established possession in the front court (both feet and the ball) as described in the OP is a violation. Yep, even for JV girls.

It's my understanding there's a coaches panel that provides input into NCAA rules (but I've been wrong before). Coaches don't like change, especially changes that have an impact on the amount of control they can exert over a game. It's complete crap (IMHO) that coaches (or players) can call a time-out during play and maintain possession of the ball that way. In FIBA, a TO can only be requested by a head coach during a dead ball. Technically, they're supposed to request it at the scorer's table [I]prior [/I]to the ball becoming dead, but we give it to them anyway. It speeds the game up and it's one less thing to argue over.

Another interesting twist on the TO's is that you get only 2 in the first half, three in the 2nd half and they don't "roll over." You only get 1 in an OT period (no roll over there as well). And you can only have two in the last 2 minutes, even if you still had 3 going into that phase. But you can advance the ball to the front court with a TO in the last 2 minutes of the 2nd half.
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