0 and 00 on the roster

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Both numbers are legal. They are not identical. In the Ancient Days it was legal to have players wearing both numbers and playing at the same time: "zero" or "double zero". When the first computer programs for basketball statistics were first written, the software could not differentiate between the uniform number "0" and the uniform number "00" therefore the rule change by both the NFHS and NCAA. They are both legal numbers, they are not identical numbers, but a team must just between "0" and "00".

MTD, Sr.

Are 2 and 02 identical? Yes, yes they are. So are 0 and 00. Regardless, you can't have both.