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Originally Posted by ilyazhito (Post 1023732)

Well, I intended this as an interesting side story to keep discussion going on the forum until basketball season proper begins. Thank you to the contributors on this thread so far.

Rich, you really must have moved around! You live somewhere in the Midwest (MN), based on your current posts, and mentioned that you were in TN until recently. Maybe you were in PA as well for a work-related assignment (or graduate school). If PA had 3-person in the 1990s, they must have been only slightly behind the curve (NCAA adopted 3-person in the 70s, first written evidence is the 78-79 CCA men'should manual, and NBA adopted 3-person for good just before PA) in that aspect.

HS varsity. I was an official in PA from 1987-1994 -- it's where I grew up.

Tennessee from 1994-1997. A few other places from 1997-2002.

I've been in WI the last 17 years.

I worked my first 3-person game in high school in central Florida in the '95-'96 season. If I recall, all (or at least most) varsity was 3-person.

The FHSAA mandates that at least 3 games in each gender be 3-person for varsity basketball. Many schools probably do 3-person anyway, but even officials who don't service those schools are probably familiar with 3-person due to that requirement.