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Old Sat Jan 21, 2006, 08:35pm
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Originally posted by hooper
Anyone every watch Debbie Black (WNBA) do a jump ball? She's 5'3". I've seen her just run out of the circle rather than even attempting the jump.

Is the main reason they did away with jump balls because it slowed down the game? I think the WNBA reinstituted jump balls a couple season ago.
At the JUCO I do stas for, the first year I was there, the women's coach strategically would have the jumper not jump for the ball so they could start out on defense. It was the weirdest thing to see the first time I saw it.

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