I was trying to find online whether or not a charge within the zone automatically becomes a block or if it can be a no call if clearly the offensive player is the aggressor and I stumbled across this:
livehealthy.chron.com
(See the last part of the article)
Essentially it's stating that there is an exemption for low post defense and that the offensive player can still get a charge in this case.
Does anyone know if that's a NBA only exemption or does it apply to college as well?
I was trying to read up on it based on the Bates blocking call last night (that otherwise clearly seemed like a charge). I was hoping to find where it should have been a no call since the UNC player was the aggressor, but based on the low post defense exception to the rule, it really may have been a charge.
It's in the past now, but I would like to know the rule moving forward.
What Is the Restricted Zone in Basketball?
What Is the Restricted Zone in Basketball?. Prior to the creation of the restricted arc under the basket in 1997, a basketball defender could draw a charging foul on an opponent dribbling toward the basket by simply planting his body in the ball handler's path any time before he left his feet to...
Essentially it's stating that there is an exemption for low post defense and that the offensive player can still get a charge in this case.
Does anyone know if that's a NBA only exemption or does it apply to college as well?
I was trying to read up on it based on the Bates blocking call last night (that otherwise clearly seemed like a charge). I was hoping to find where it should have been a no call since the UNC player was the aggressor, but based on the low post defense exception to the rule, it really may have been a charge.
It's in the past now, but I would like to know the rule moving forward.
