Originally Posted by Forksref (Post 869350)

We used fan-shaped glass almost everywhere in ND in the 70's and 80's. I think it was a cost factor. Abd, remember, the ball can legally pass over the fan-shaped boards.

If I remember right, the movie "Hoosiers", set in the early 1950's, showed rectangular glass backboards but I think they were not authentic for the time because they did not have the wood at the bottom which supported the rim. I am guessing that the glass back then would not handle the stress of dunking. Also, was that the current Butler Field House in the finals of Hoosiers?

Originally Posted by johnny d (Post 869328)

you were probably watching the one about ben wilson. i think they showed harold washington as the mayor as well.

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler (Post 869783)

I was, but I have seen some the state playoffs on WGN in the past, and the U of Illinois must have installed the smaller backboards. I was only asking if it was a state thing since I only remember the rectangular board for the last forty years or more. Just one of those things I thought to be strange.

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP (Post 869221)

And every fourth Wyoming gym.

Originally Posted by JRutledge (Post 869793)

For the record the State Finals in Illinois have not been on WGN in over 10 years. Not sure exactly when, but the Finals have been shown an a series of configurations where it was not allowed to be shown on all the channels as it was the case when I was a kid or in high school over 20 years ago. The point again is this took place even longer than when I was in HS and has nothing to do with what has happened today.

Peace