Notice NCAA tournament blatant disregard for 6-foot closely guarded distance?

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Notice NCAA tournament blatant disregard for 6-foot closely guarded distance?

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Thu Mar 31, 2011, 03:43pm

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Originally Posted by rfp

I've noticed repeatedly that in order to maintain the closely guarded count, the defender has to be almost on top of the offensive player. If he's 4-6' away, officials almost exclusively give the "safe" sign. Seems like no one has any interest in adhering to this rule.

Plus, isn't the rule three feet, not six feet anyways?

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