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How many points for a 2-pt FG?
Apparently, at the University of South Dakota, the answer is 3.
South Dakota was trailing North Dakota by 2 points with time running out. The South Dakota guard shot a jump shot from CLEARLY in front of the arc, made the shot at the buzzer and was awarded 3 points by the scorekeeper. Neither of the 3 officials signaled a three-pointer. The officials ran off the court and the game was over. From the video, it was clear that the shooter could not have reached the 3 point line even if he had stepped backwards with a giant stride after he came down from his shot.
The commissioner of the league later released a statement that, after viewing the video, that the South Dakota player "MAY" have shot the ball from the 2 point area. When the commissioner of the league says "MAY" have, we know that really means he DID and the officials screwed up bigtime.
Unfortunately, South Dakota was not permitted to take their scorekeeper with them for road games as the official scorer.
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