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Old Tue Oct 23, 2012, 04:44pm
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Yahoo! Sports: Geno Auriemma’s Proposal

Would Geno Auriemma/s proposal for lower rims in women's hoops lead to higher interest? | The Dagger: College Basketball Blog - Yahoo! Sports

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Eager to find a way to make women's basketball more appealing to TV viewers who insist they don't enjoy watching the sport played below the rim, UConn coach Geno Auriemma proposed a simple solution.
He wants the rims lowered.

Auriemma told the Hartford Courant on Monday that he plans to propose to the NCAA rules committee this spring the idea of lowering baskets about seven inches in women's basketball. The seven-time national championship-winning coach realizes his idea is unlikely to be popular, but he notes it's no different than women's volleyball being played with a lower net or women's softball having shorter base paths than baseball.

"What makes fans not want to watch women's basketball is that some of the players can't shoot and they miss layups and that forces the game to slow down," he told the Hartford Courant on Monday.
*Merged my thread with Rut's since we made them at about the same time*
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