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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Coach of UConn made a request to change the women's rules to lower the rim.
Do any of you think this is a good change or a horrible suggestion in the first place.
Peace
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Completely impractical.
Most gyms, even at the smaller NCAA schools, would have to be refit to have rims that could be lowered. Only the biggest schools/venues probably have adjustable systems of the quality required by NCAA standards.
Then, by extension, you'd want to change the HS height to match so that players at the HS level would play on the same level as they would in college. And THAT is not going to happen.
In addition to all of the facilities issues, it would only help a few top teams that get the biggest/tallest players. I think it would hurt Women's basketball overall as it would create a bigger divide between the top teams and the rest.
The 10' rim works fine for even thousands of men's college players who don't typically dunk. It isn't particularly harder for a 5'6" guard to shoot a jumpshot into a 10' rim that it would be into a 9' rim or compared to a 6'0" guard doing the same.