Women's Hoops Blog

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Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Correction from yesterday's post:

there is still an intentional foul -- it was only the intentional technical that was eliminated from the women's rule book.

Under the current rules, an intentional foul is an act that is not a legitimate attempt to play the ball or the man, regardless of severity. A flagrant foul is severe or excessive contact with an opponent.

Thanks to Kevin for the help.

Addendum, from Appendix III of the NCAA Rulebook, page 153:

"When the defensive player is beaten to the basket and she reaches out and puts a hand on the opponent to intentionally have a handchecking foul call made to stop the dribbler from scoring, officials should call an intentional personal foul since this is not a legitimate attempt to play the ball or the player."

Despite the torrent of emails from Vols fans, I maintain that it wasn't a flagrant foul. Probably should have been an intentional, though.