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Originally Posted by SmokeEater
I was told its because all the numbers can be communicated by using either one hand alone or max 2 hands. Over 15, official would then have to use one hand again to communicate the 6 in sixteen. Also, the numbers 1,2 and 3 are not allowed so not to confuse with number of free throws.
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NFHS has the same reasoning (except for the free throw confusion part), but it doesn't preclude such numbers as 33 or 52.