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Originally posted by Mark Dexter

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Originally posted by hoopsrefBC
Mark,
Now to throw a wrinkle into the picture. Since the internation date line is in international waters would you use a ten second back-court count or use the FIBA eight second back-court count??

your canadian friend
SH
keep smiling

Well, that depends on what flag the ship is flying.
Stars and stripes - ten seconds
Anything else - eight seconds

Except for the mighty US Navy, how many other ship would fly the stars and stripes in international waters.?

and Mark ....Mr. Naismith is GOD and he was Canadian.
SH

[Edited by hoopsrefBC on Feb 1st, 2001 at 03:10 AM]

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
In this "situation," I think you need to realize that the international date line is a man-made animal, while the rules of basketball were written by God Himself.

Now, God always supercedes men, so the ten second consecutive count applies.

God must be from the United States if we use the 10 second count. ;-)