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Key rules changes loom for NCAA hoops?
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 3-point line in men's college basketball would be
moved back 9 inches to 20 feet, 6 inches under a recommendation from an NCAA
rules committee Monday.
The current distance of 19-9 has been in place since 1986.
The panel also suggested expanding the 12-foot-wide college lane by adopting
the trapezoid used in international play. At its widest point, the trapezoid
lane's width is 19-8}.
The changes could take effect as early as next season, if approved by the
NCAA championship committee next month.
The NCAA women's basketball rules committee recommended that the
international 3-point line be used in the women's game, too, and that the
trapezoid lane be tried experimentally in selected games during the season.
The lane hasn't been adjusted since the 1950s, when it was widened from 6
feet to 12.
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02/23/2007 11:03:08 AM
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