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				Originally posted by Nevadaref  
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Guys, 
For NFHS games the maximum is 14 feet.  The 2001-02 Rules Book introduced this change.  I don't even see a reference to the six-foot box any more. 
 
			
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 Nevadaref, 
I see references almost every game in Michigan. 
They are painted on the floor. 
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 Well, Mick, 
That might be the only place that you see it, since according to the new wording of the rule, the coaching box may be any length between 0 and 14 feet.  My point is that the standard six-foot box is gone.  If schools wish to make them 9' 2" that is permissible. 
 
[Edited by Nevadaref on Oct 6th, 2004 at 08:32 AM] 
			
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 You sound so convinced, so confident. 
In Michigan's Fed handout (
Official Publication of the NFHS - Basketball Guide '04-05) it is written:
2004-05 BASKETBALL BENCH DECORUM OPTION [pg.15]
"Schools, by contract or league adoption during regular season boys and girls games at the junior high/middle school and high school levels, may use the six-foot coaching box as described in National Federation Basketball Rules, effective 1996-97.
...The coaching box has been approved for ALL MHSAA District, Regional, and Final Tournaments if coaches desire to use it."
mick