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Old Thu Jan 01, 2015, 09:41am
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Why Should Something This Simple Need Clarification ???

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Originally Posted by griblets View Post
I understand where you are going with this, but by this conclusion, a ball that goes nearly half way in but rattles out (think of a long jump shot) would have to count since the ball was "in the midst of" the ring. That certainly isn't the intent of the rule.
Great point, something that we need to ponder along with how far "into the basket", or into "the midst of" the basket, does the ball have to be for it to count?

C'mon NFHS. Just what does "into the basket" really mean?
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