TyBull Posted May 3, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 6,928 Reputation: 127 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/01/2002 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Measure passes to move 3-point line back/ Associated Press Posted: 9 minutes ago INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - College basketball players might want to start working on longer shots.Two decades after adding the 3-point line, the NCAA men's basketball rules committee approved a measure Thursday that will move the line back one foot  from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20 feet, 9 inches. If approved by the playing rules oversight committee on May 25, it would mark the first major change to 3-pointers since their adoption.The change would not take place until November 2008.The move comes after years of debate about extending the line. Rules committee chairman Larry Keating said two proposals were considered. The other would have moved the line to 20 feet, 6 inches, the same distance as international 3-pointers. Both are shorter than the NBA line, which ranges from 23 feet, 9 inches at the top of the key to 22 feet at its nearest point in the baseline corners."We made it a point to come up with a distance that was correct for us and that didn't necessarily mimic the international line," Keating said.The women's basketball rules committee did not adopt the change and will keep the 3-point line at 19 feet, 9 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBull Posted May 3, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 6,928 Reputation: 127 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/01/2002 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/6771652?MSNHPHMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman_Momart Posted May 3, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 1,911 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/14/2005 Share Posted May 3, 2007 They needed to change this years ago. College 3 point line is a layup for a polished shooter. About time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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