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Old Fri Feb 22, 2013, 09:30pm
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Resting on the flange
1st rd playoff game tonight. After all these years of officiating, I finally witnessed with mine own two eyes, the ball coming to rest on the flange ... on a free throw attempt nonetheless . Wish I had video.
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Old Fri Feb 22, 2013, 09:48pm
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Old Fri Feb 22, 2013, 10:55pm
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1st rd playoff game tonight. After all these years of officiating, I finally witnessed with mine own two eyes, the ball coming to rest on the flange ... on a free throw attempt nonetheless . Wish I had video.
Once saw a FT wedgie.
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Old Sat Feb 23, 2013, 09:12am
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Old Sat Feb 23, 2013, 11:06am
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Ah, the joys of physics!

I had this happen on a shooting foul two years ago in a HS game. It was pretty funny to watch everyone in anticipation as to whether or not it was gonna fall in for an "and 1" and then the unanimous gasp from the crowd when it just sat there.
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Old Sat Feb 23, 2013, 12:13pm
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They could easily avoid this by designing the flange to not be flat. They could either tilt it or put a small bump in the middle of hit such that a ball that lands on it can't stay on it.
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Old Sat Feb 23, 2013, 12:26pm
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They could easily avoid this by designing the flange to not be flat. They could either tilt it or put a small bump in the middle of hit such that a ball that lands on it can't stay on it.
For as often as this happens, I think they should just leave it alone. The rim manufacturers may disagree, but I think it is looking for a solution for a problem that does not exist.
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Old Sat Feb 23, 2013, 01:27pm
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Ah, the joys of physics!

I had this happen on a shooting foul two years ago in a HS game. It was pretty funny to watch everyone in anticipation as to whether or not it was gonna fall in for an "and 1" and then the unanimous gasp from the crowd when it just sat there.
Imagine if you were waiting to see if it went in before you called a foul.
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Old Sat Feb 23, 2013, 06:02pm
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I've had this happen a few times. Last year it happened in a GMS game. I couldn't get any of the girls to jump up and knock the ball down.
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