Sports fans all over the place have been watching and re-watching and re-re-watching Nathan Bain grab a loose ball, split through a pair of would-be Duke defenders and put in the game-winning layup that gave Stephen F. Austin an all-time stunner of a college basketball upset.
But there’s a group of fans who have watched that same clip and are wondering: was that a double-dribble that should have been whistled on Bain?
Let me start by saying that I don’t think so. Bain never really had possession of the basketball until he grabbed it and then started his dribble. But let’s look together, shall we?
First, here’s the play if you haven’t seen it:
And another angle, with commentary from a viewer:
Here are others wondering the same thing:
