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by **Phlegm** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:33 am

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - College basketball players might want to start working on longer shots.

Two decades after adding the 3-point line, the NCAA men's basketball rules committee approved a measure Thursday that will move the line back one foot — from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20 feet, 9 inches. If approved by the playing rules oversight committee on May 25, it would mark the first major change to 3-pointers since their adoption.
The change would not take place until November 2008.

The move comes after years of debate about extending the line. Rules committee chairman Larry Keating said two proposals were considered. The other would have moved the line to 20 feet, 6 inches, the same distance as international 3-pointers. Both are shorter than the NBA line, which ranges from 23 feet, 9 inches at the top of the key to 22 feet at its nearest point in the baseline corners.

"We made it a point to come up with a distance that was correct for us and that didn't necessarily mimic the international line," Keating said.

The women's basketball rules committee did not adopt the change and will keep the 3-point line at 19 feet, 9 inches.

by **Tacks** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:56 am

Phlegm how come 90% of your posts are reposts of headlines from everyday's news?

by **Naethyn** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:18 pm

Why http://www.digg.com of course!

by **Zanchief** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:23 pm

Personally I think they should move the NBA one closer instead of moving the NCAA one back.

by **Lyion** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:11 pm

I think they should get rid of it altogether, personally.

by **Xaiveir** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:01 pm

lyion wrote:I think they should get rid of it altogether, personally.

But then there would be no white boys in the NBA...wtf man.

by **Lyion** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:21 pm

All the white boys are from Slavikdrakovia, anyways. Give me the American Brothers over the Sprocket Holmes.

by **Zanchief** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:23 pm

WTF JJ Reddick!

by **Xaiveir** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:47 pm

Zanchief wrote:WTF JJ Reddick!

ZOMG pwn!

by **Reynaldo** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:13 pm

It's a great idea imo. Make college basketball into a game again rather than a drive and dish for a 3 or get fouled D-Wade style.

I'd even move it back farther and make 10 foot jumpers relevant again when people stack the paint vs. the slashers.

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