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I believe that there were a couple of years in which the NCAA men dropped the 5 second violation while dribbling. I know for sure that one of those years was the 1995-1996 season. I watched the Big East Final at MSG between Georgetown and Connecticut. When Georgetown had a lead with about 5 minutes to play they would give the ball to Iverson near the division line. He would dribble out the shot clock and then try to score in the last couple of seconds. It was rather boring to watch him go 1 on 5. However, there was some justice as he missed almost every shot down the stretch and UConn rode Ray Allen's hot shooting to overcome an 11 point deficit to win by 1.
The concept of team basketball was totally ruined.
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