Is the ball in the frontcourt or not? That's an important point!
When inbounding the ball, if the player holds the ball behind the end/sideline, it's a dead ball...any contact by the defending team is an automatic 'T'.
When inbounding the ball, if the player holds the ball over the end/sideline, it's a live ball...and any contact by the defending team is legal.
So the act of holding the ball over the end/sideline determines whether it's live or not...where the player is standing has no bearing.
Now apply that to this O-a-B scenario. Is the ball in the frontcourt or not? It's over the midcourt line but hasn't touched the floor...but it's over the line! Is this an important distinction?
C'MON REF! MAKE THE CALL! UDPRIDE REFS SUCK....