Geno Auriemma's request

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

They could always add a 6th player.

Originally Posted by Adam

They could then split the court in two so the poor girls wouldn't get so tired.

Back to the future? Didn't high school girls in a Midwest state fight to do away with this many years ago?

[Rich]

I think the subject is getting all the mocking it deserves.

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Back to the future? Didn't high school girls in Midwest state fight to do away with this many years ago?

It wasn't that many years ago in Iowa and it was within the past 15 years that Iowa girls started the game with a coin toss instead of a jump ball *embarrassed*

-Josh

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jdmara

started the game with a coin toss instead of a jump ball.

Sign me up. I'll bring the coin. How about a 1973 Eisenhower dollar?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Sign me up. I'll bring the coin. How about a 1973 Eisenhower dollar?

I use a 1976 (1776-1976) dollar as my flipping coin in football. Bought it for $5 in a Maui coin store 7 years ago.

[hoopguy]

In response to the difficulty question....


I play in and know of at least 2 gyms locally that use adjustable height backboards. They seem to be very common around here in elementary and middle school gyms. There is a manual hook thing wich gets inserted into a loop thing on the backboard and then the hook thing gets twisted and the entire hoop either rises or falls. It is like a giant screw and the backboard goes up or down. It is very simple. You turn the mechanism until it will not turn and then it is at the max and it is 10'. Very simple and it must not be cost prohibitive because the towns I am talking about are very cheap with their gyms fixtures. This method is by hand it takes just a few minutes to raise or lower the hoop/backboard.

[Adam]

Two points.

1. The cost to replace existing baskets would, by itself,be prohibitive for many schools for whom basketball does not generate positive revenue.

2. The elementary schools are not, most likely, using baskets that would be sturdy enough to even handle the abuse given to the rims at most big high schools.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

I use a 1976 (1776-1976) dollar as my flipping coin in football. Bought it for $5 in a Maui coin store 7 years ago.

I'll flip you for it. Heads, I win. Tails, you lose.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by jdmara

It wasn't that many years ago in Iowa and it was within the past 15 years that Iowa girls started the game with a coin toss instead of a jump ball *embarrassed*

-Josh

Iowa did away with 6-on-6 girls basketball in the smaller schools after the 1993-1994 season (the last season was my freshman year of high school, which is why I remember that). The larger schools had been playing 5-on-5 for quite a while before that.

Pretty sure the coin toss went away at the same time, but I'm not 100% certain on that.

Anyway, I'm not sure that lowering the rim would help any; in fact, immediately after the change it would probably hurt the level of play. Think about it: You have players who have developed the muscle memory and timing and coordination to shoot/rebound/position on a 10' rim, and now suddenly they're having to adjust to a 9' or 9'3" rim?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Anyway, I'm not sure that lowering the rim would help any; in fact, immediately after the change it would probably hurt the level of play. Think about it: You have players who have developed the muscle memory and timing and coordination to shoot/rebound/position on a 10' rim, and now suddenly they're having to adjust to a 9' or 9'3" rim?

Increasing the size of the rim (technical and cost considerations not withstanding) would seem to address Gino's stated problems and not mess up the muscle memory.

[PG_Ref]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Increasing the size of the rim (technical and cost considerations not withstanding) would seem to address Gino's stated problems and not mess up the muscle memory.

To me, it sounds like he wants to see women dunking the ball ... not necessarily more or higher scoring. In either case, I don't think it would improve the quality of play.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Iowa did away with 6-on-6 girls basketball in the smaller schools after the 1993-1994 season (the last season was my freshman year of high school, which is why I remember that). The larger schools had been playing 5-on-5 for quite a while before that.

Pretty sure the coin toss went away at the same time, but I'm not 100% certain on that.

Anyway, I'm not sure that lowering the rim would help any; in fact, immediately after the change it would probably hurt the level of play. Think about it: You have players who have developed the muscle memory and timing and coordination to shoot/rebound/position on a 10' rim, and now suddenly they're having to adjust to a 9' or 9'3" rim?

I'd have to double check, but I think you're one year off on the last season of 6-6 (the IGHAU website lists all their champions of the past). I know for a fact that the coin toss long outlived the 6-6 game.