Free throw line

[Camron Rust]

Originally posted by tjksail
Somewhat of a random question, but how long is the free throw lane. Is the distance measured from the point where an imaginary line through the center of the hoop is perpendicular to the ground out to the line?

Well, all of the above answers are wrong!!!

The free throw lane is ....


19 feet long (and 12' wide).


It starts at the endline and stops at the FT line that is 19' away.

It just so happens that the plane of the backboard is 4' from the endline and is 15' from the FT line.