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Old Fri Feb 12, 2010, 03:44pm
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Thanks everyone! It was rectangular backboard.
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Old Fri Feb 12, 2010, 10:10pm
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The actual call is "Over the Back board..."

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Old Fri Feb 12, 2010, 10:14pm
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The actual call is "Over the Back board..."

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Well that was "reaching" to get there!
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Old Sat Feb 13, 2010, 07:01pm
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It's Simple Geometry ...
The front, top, sides, and bottom of the backboard are all in play. The ball cannot pass over a rectangular backboard from either direction. The back of a backboard is out of bounds as well as the supporting structures.
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Old Sat Feb 13, 2010, 09:43pm
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The front, top, sides, and bottom of the backboard are all in play.
A fact that seems to escape many. I love hearing the cries of "IT HIT THE TOP!" after a missed shot ricochets off of the top of the backboard and stays in play. I can't help but thinking to myself "Yes, exactly. Which is why we're playing on."
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